Migration Information for Google Sites

Requirements

  • To migrate your Google Site from mscd.edu to msudenver.edu you will need the following information:

    • Full Google Site URL for current site

    • Your mscd.edu Google App login

    • New Google Site URL for sites new location

    • Your msudenver.edu login

  • If you are unsure of your Google Apps login on either mscd.edu or msudenver.edu please call the MSU Denver Service Center at 303-352-7548 and ask for your password to be reset, your username will always be your MSU Denver email address: username@mscd.edu or username@msudnver.edu.

  • You will need to download a Java tool named Google-Sites-Liberation that will import/export your Google Site, this tool will work on Windows, Mac or Linux based computers and can be found at: http://code.google.com/p/google-sites-liberation/

 

Instructions

  • Download, Install and run the program, a window will pop up

  • Input your host name, domain and web space, followed by your Google App login; remember your username is your full username including the “@mscd.edu.”

  • Click Choose a Target directory to save your offline copy of your Google Site; this is where you will import your site to the new Google Apps domain.

  • Press Export

  • Visit the URL http://google.com/a/msudenver.edu and create a new Google Site, preferably with the same webspace as the site you are importing.

  • Change the domain to msudenver.edu

  • Update the webspace with your new Google Site name.

  • Input your “@msudenver.eduGoogle Apps login username and password, including the “@msudenver.edu

  • Click Import to Sites and your new website should be uploaded successfully to your MSUDenver.edu Google Apps account

 

Notes

  • This tool is merely recommended by MSU Denver IT Staff and is not a fully supported tool by the IT Staff.

  • Using this Java Application is at your own risk and IT can only provide limited support.

  • Not all aspects of your website are guaranteed to import to your new Google site.

  • MSU Denver IT assumes no responsibility when transferring your website to the new domain.