In order to migrate AheadWorks Blog for Magento 1 to Magento 2 Blog please install Magento 2 Blog extension. After that, navigate to Admin Panel > Content > Blog > Import and choose the Import from AheadWorks M1.

Migrate Aheadworks Blog Magento 1

To import Aheadworks Blog from Magento 1 to Magento 2:

  1. Set a Database Name and User Name.
  2. Enter a database user Password.
  3. Set a Database server host (location of a database) in Database Host field.
  4. Set a Table Prefix if there is one.
  5. Specify a Store view the blog from AheadWorks is to be imported to.

Magento 2 Blog Import from AheadWorks

Once you have finished don't forget to press a Start Import button. Notice that you will have to copy featured image files to Magento 2 pub/media/magefan_blog directory once the import is completed.

Magento 2 blog import from aheadworks M1

Troubleshooting

1. Something went wrong: Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user

If you have received this error, try to copy AheadWorks blog tablets from Magento 1 database to some database on the same server as Magento 2. As far as you have done this, try to specify new database credentials redo the blog import from AheadWorks.