Stand with 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.
To import Aheadworks Blog from Magento 1 to Magento 2:
- Set a Database Name and User Name.
- Enter a database user Password.
- Set a Database server host (location of a database) in Database Host field.
- Set a Table Prefix if there is one.
- Specify a Store view the blog from AheadWorks is to be imported to.
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.
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.
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After migrating to Magento 2 you will get such benefits:
- improved performance and scalability;
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- better device responsiveness;
- more intuitive admin panel;