Move your site to yaya

Before you start

• Your old site stays live until step 6, so you can stop at any point.
• You need the login for your old site and for the place your domain is registered.
• Plan an afternoon. The site itself takes about 15 minutes. DNS is the slow part.

The order

1. Build the new site first. Paste your old site address in the first step of onboarding and press Import from my site, or follow Rebuild from your URL.
2. Save your content from the old site. See Export content from your old site.
3. Move the blog and the images. See Move your blog and images.
4. Write down every email address on your domain. See Keep your email working.
5. Connect the domain and add the DNS record. See Move a domain to yaya and Switch DNS with no downtime.
6. Publish, then run the launch checklist.

Checklist

• Old site content saved
• New site reviewed and published on your free yayasite.com address
• List of old page addresses saved, see Redirect old URLs
• Email records written down and left alone
• Domain connected, status active
• Old site left running for a week, then cancelled

Guides for your platform

Each guide covers where to find the export on that platform: Wix, Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow, Framer, GoDaddy, Weebly, Carrd, Hostinger, Jimdo, Google Sites and Soloist.