I’ve built a website on Classic Local. I’ve zipped my site folder including wp-content and sql database. When I import message says: /Local Sites/ccjwa has existing Local data. Please choose different path.
Troubleshooting Questions
Does this happen for all sites in Local, or just one in particular? I only have one site.
Are you able to create a new, plain WordPress site in Local and access it in a Browser? No.
Replication
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System Details
Which version of Local is being used?
What Operating System (OS) and OS version is being used?
For example: macOS Catalina or Windows 10 Professional
Windows 10
Attach the Local Log. See this Community Forum post for instructions on how to do so:
@ccjwa: check the /app/sql directory of the site in the ZIP file. There seemed to be a change from one-file-per-table, to one-big-file (local.sql) at some point. The older files may still be present, and the import may be trying to pull in all of them, along with the one-big-file. If they are present, and you remove them from the ZIP file (after making a backup of the ZIP file, of course), you might have more success with the import.
I’ve managed to solve my problems. I backed up my files and uninstalled Classic and reinstalled new version of Local and then imported my website as V2 of original. It has worked; no error messages but course all my links broke. Used Velvet Blues but that didn’t work. So have fixed them all manually. I haven’t gone live yet but will do soon. At least I can access my site and I’m now back on track. Once again, thank you for your time. I nearly had heart failure!