This explains howto export and import all the data and images from a Magento Ecommerce system.
- First from the export machine, goto the the Admin for Magento. Then System / Import-Export / Dataflow-Profiles / Export All Products.
- Then choose Run Profile from the Menu on left.
- This will create a local file on the server usually under /var/export/export_all_products.csv
- Copy this to your import server.
- Zip up your product images under /media/catalog/product
- Copy those over to your /media/import directory on the Import Server. Should look like this
- /magento/media/catalog/media/import/2/4/image.jpg etc.
- On the Import machine, now goto System / Import-Export / Dataflow-Profiles and click on Import All Products.
- Choose the export_all_products.csv from the export before and upload.
- Run the import profile