Introduction
When building an Elementor hosted website, you can choose to start out with one of our website templates, or start without a template. This could be that you prefer to design on your own. You could also be migrating a current website that you have previously created. We will try to help each of these scenarios below.
Starting fresh with your prepared assets
It is time to gather all your prepared assets and start to plan the page layouts you will need for each of the pages and the site parts you will need for your website. You may create your theme by using the Elementor Theme builder and begin adding your content.
Migrating an existing Elementor website
If you already have an existing Elementor based website on a different host, you may use the Import/Export tools to migrate your current website to an Elementor Host website.
Migrating additional content
If you use additional plugins on your current website, these plugins will also need to be installed and activated on your Elementor hosted website. It is important to install any dependent plugins on your new site before starting the migration. Some plugins are incompatible with Elementor hosted websites. Please review the list here to make sure of your dependent plugins compatibility.
WordPress and Third Party controlled content
The import/export tool provided by Elementor does not migrate some third-party content that you may have on your old site including, but not limited to, custom post types, custom fields, memberships, forums, e-commerce, and events. You will need to use an alternative method to import this data.
Summary
If you are creating your own content, you will need to start planning the design and site parts you will need for the Theme builder.
If you are migrating a current Elementor or WordPress website to an Elementor hosted website, you may begin doing that now.
What’s Next
You may assign the homepage of your website from the WordPress Dashboard or your theme’s customizer.
Create and edit menus for your website from the dashboard, or your theme customizer.
If you are ready to launch your website, we can help you get started.
