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How to migrate, or import, a web page from WordPress to your Cascade sandbox.

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\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions

Create a New Page

For more information on how to create a new page, see How to Create a New Interior Page with Feature text. Check out Related articles for other Content Types.

  1. Choose the Folder where you want your page placed.

  2. Create a New Interior Page.

  3. Copy the title of the webpage from WordPress. Paste it in the Display Name and Title field. (For more information on naming see Filenames, Titles and Display Names.)

  4. If your original page has a banner, choose Yes in the Display Banner option.

  5. Click Image

    • Click Browse to locate your image or

    • Click Upload to get an image from your computer.

  6. Enter a Caption (optional)

  7. Add a Link (optional) (For more information on Links, see Types of Links.)

  8. Select Feature Text for the Content Type. (See Related articles for other Content Types.)

  9. Click Yes or No to Add a Sidebar.

    • Yes creates a shortcut menu to other pages within the same folder.

    • Click Auto generated for Cascade to set up the menu for you.

  10. Enter a Title for your content.

Once your page is created, you can begin to migrate your content from WordPress to Cascade.

Migrating Text

IMPORTANT: For best results, it is suggested to import raw, unformatted text into your new pages. To avoid accidentally importing unwanted text settings from the old site, paste your copied content into a simple word-processing application such as WordPad or TextEdit. This removes text formatting and allows you to cut and paste “plain text” into your new page. Any optional formatting (such as bold, italic, bullet text, or hyperlinks) should be inputted through the Cascade WYSIWYG.”

Rich Text vs Plain Text:

Plain text is raw, unformatted text whereas rich text can have formatting such as bolding, numbering or bullets, alignment, as well as images and other objects.

  1. Navigate to your WordPress page and Copy the text you want to migrate.

  2. Paste the text into a word processing app such as WordPad or TextEdit to remove any preexisting formatting.

  3. Copy the text from whichever app you are using and paste into the Content area of the new page you created in Cascade.


Once the text is pasted on to your page, you can use the WYSIWYG to format it. (See WYSIWYG for more information.)

Migrating Images

Do NOT copy and paste an image from WordPress to your Cascade site.

  1. Navigate to your WordPress page.

  2. Select the Image and right-click to open the shortcut menu.

  3. Click Save image as to save the image to your Desktop.

  4. Navigate back to Cascade and click where you want the image to be placed.

  5. Click Insert/Edit Image.

  6. Click Choose File.

  7. Click Browse to insert an image within your Site Directory.

  8. Or Upload, to insert an image from your computer.

For more information about inserting images, see How to Insert an Image.

Migrating Videos

A video should be embedded into your Cascade site, not copied and pasted.

  1. Navigate to your WordPress page.

  2. Click on the video link to navigate to the original video, assuming it’s YouTube.

  3. Click on Share underneath the video.

  4. Click Embed and Copy the Embed code.

  5. Navigate back to your Cascade site and click in the Content where you want your video to be placed.

  6. Click Insert/Edit Media.

  7. Click the Embed tab.

  8. Paste the code and click Ok.

Submit Changes

  1. Click Preview Draft.

  2. Click Submit.

Page is saved and shows in the Site Directory.

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