migrate a plone site
The following has been distilled from various posts to support.
The version you are using now may be important. Make a note of it.
Provide the Plone object of your web site; we then import it into our servers.
now in a little more detail.
- Login to the ZMI that shows you the level above your Plone site - you might not have access to this, in which case you will need to enlist the assistance of admin/support.
- Check the box next to your Plone site and hit Import/Export
- Select 'Download to local machine'. It will create a .zexp (Zee export) file on your local machine.
- If file size is reasonable (<5MB) then email it to us, otherwise place it on an FTP site and mail us the location so that we can download it.
- Use ZMI to view the following ...
- portal_migration tool
- portal_quickinstaller tool