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Moving maps to another server

  1. Open phpMyAdmin
  2. Select your WP database
  3. Go to the "Export" tab
  4. Choose "Advanced options"
  5. Select MapSVG tables for export: choose tables that start with wp_mapsvg6_ string. Please note that your table prefix may be different from wp_
  6. Click "Go" to download the .sql file
  7. If MySQL table prefix on the new server is different from the prefix on the old one then you have to open the .sql file in any text editor and replace all occurences of the old prefix with the new one.
  8. Open phpMyAdmin on the new server
  9. Select your WP database
  10. Go to the "Import" tab
  11. Click "Upload" and choose your .sql file
  12. Done!
  13. If you have uploaded custom SVG files on the old server - upload them to the new server by clicking on the "Upload SVG file" button on MapSVG start screen. Or copy the files manually via FTP from wp-content/uploads/mapsvg folder to the same location on the new server.