Thread:Project:Support desk/Switching MediaWiki over to another site/reply

Hi!

It is possible to transfer the wiki later. But there are some things you should take care of, especially: Both hosts must have a supported PHP version (should not be a problem) and more important: The MySQL versions must be compatible. Usually that also is not a big deal, but when you move your database from one host to the other you must(!) take care that after import things are still working properly. Especially umlauts, euro sign and stuff like that might get broken. In that case you would need to adjust the parameters for the ex- and/or import to fix that. Meaning: It might be that you need some MySQL knowledge to move the DB correctly.

Also after moving a wiki, you should clear all caches (e.g. certain database tables) to prevent getting errors.

And sure: If you later want to have the wiki hosted somewhere anyway, then it surely would be easier to put it there directly. Not having to move it is easier than moving having to move it. ;-)