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Migrating your website to MyWebsite Now

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This article explains the processes involved in moving your website to MyWebsite Now, the website builder from IONOS.

Please note that MyWebsite Now is a product specially optimised for ease of use and simplicity. For this reason, MyWebsite Now does not come with complicated import functions, and relies on basic procedures such as "copy & paste" to transfer existing content.

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With the help of artificial intelligence (AI) from IONOS, it's also simple to completely rebuild your website. The Help Centre article "Creating entire websites with artificial intelligence (AI)" will help you get started, and explains how you can easily create texts, images, and search engine optimisation (SEO) with AI.

Create a copy of the previous website

Save your previous website locally on your computer so that you can access the content at any time. You can do this in the following ways:

  • Page by page via your Internet browser: Select Menu > Save page as, or Ctrl+S in most browsers. Select Web Page, complete (*.htm, *.html) as the file type.
  • Export with the HTTrack programme: HTTrack is free software that allows you to create a website copy on your computer. All files, such as graphics and embedded documents, are saved. Internal links between content pages are automatically adapted for use on your computer.

Please note that you only save the view that a visitor will see when accessing your website. Database content or apps with special tasks are not transferred.

Open MyWebsite Now in the IONOS account

  • Log in to your IONOS account.
  • In the title bar click on Menu > Websites & Shops.
  • If you have multiple contracts, click on Manage website in the tile with the name of your online project.
    The Presence Suite for this project opens.
  • In the left menu bar of the Presence Suite, select Website > Website Editor. The MyWebsite Now Editor opens in a new window.

Please note: When you open MyWebsite Now for the first time, a one-time setup dialog starts. In this case, select a template below Start with a website template. You can change all the details and settings from the steps you have gone through at a later date.

Transferring the previous content

Once you have logged in to MyWebsite Now, you can rebuild your existing website. Please see the relevant articles for each part:

Pages

In MyWebsite Now, create the pages and any subpages as they were on your previous website:

Connect these pages by creating a navigation menu:

Text and images

Copy and paste the existing text content into MyWebsite Now text elements on the desired page:

You can insert images using an image element. MyWebsite Now also offers you the option of creating new images using artificial intelligence:

Customise the inserted elements according to your wishes:

Extend the range of functions

The range of functions of MyWebsite Now can be expanded with extensions (apps):

Extensive support in the Help Centre

The IONOS Help Centre offers you a lot more information about the structure and design of your new website in MyWebsite Now. You can find this information in the MyWebsite Now area  (Help Centre > Websites & Shops > MyWebsite Now).

Transferring content management systems

Please note that MyWebsite Now is a pure website builder in which you only create, add, or change static content via your web browser. In contrast to content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress or Joomla, you do not have access to the database in which the information and structure are stored.

If you would like to move from your previous provider to a common CMS or a database-supported website, you will find links further down on this page in the Further information section.

Tip

The IONOS Website Design Service creates a website according to your specifications.

Further information

  • WordPress: You can find out how to switch to IONOS with an existing WordPress installation in the Help Centre article "Switching to IONOS with a WordPress installation".
  • Web hosting: You can find out how to switch to IONOS with an existing web hosting application in the Help Centre article "Switching to IONOS with a web hosting installation". This usually means that you have installed or uploaded web hosting applications to an external provider's webspace yourself.

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