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Hello, I am rebuilding my site and would like to move the extension to the new site. How can I transfer all of the extension’s data so I don’t lose information?
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Hello yairbr,
currently the plugin lets you only export the player instances on by one and then import then on the new website. However you probably need to keep the player instance IDs the same. If you have blog articles using [fvplayer id="100"] then than number must not change. This could be imported to let you export all the players and then have an option to keep the IDs when importing.
So the safest way is to export all the wp_fv_player_* tables (wp_fv_player_players, wp_fv_player_videos, wp_fv_player_playermeta, wp_fv_player_videometa) using the database tool like phpMyAdmin which is available in most web hosting control panels. And then import that using similar tool on the new website.
You probably also want to keep the plugin settings. These can currently only be moved with a database tool, although if you put the two settings screen on both website side by side it’s not a problem to move over the settings. In database the settings are stored in the fvwpflowplayer and fv_player_popups rows of the wp_options table. We started building an export/import feature for these settings, but then we got lost in some details and it was never released, so perhaps it’s time to revisit that.
Another option to consider would be to clone the whole website and then delete the unnecessary parts. I did that a couple of times where I needed an almost identical website.
Thanks,
Martin
