Addis Restaurant website

How to make updates to the site for free

It's likely that after some time I would have removed the wordpress site from AWS Lightsail and exported the project using the All-in-one-wp-migration plugin. If we need to make an update then we'll need to spawn a new wordpress instance on AWS Lightsail and import the latest exported file.

How to start an instance on AWS Lightsail

• Go to AWS console and search for Lightsail service.
• Create a new instance
• Connect to terminal
• run cat bitnami_credentials. This will show the username and password for your dashboard, but they will be temporary. I'll explain in a minute.
• Go to ip_address.com/wp-admin and enter credentials.

How to import .wpress file

• Go to plugins and deactivate the All-in-One-WP-Migration plugin if activated.
• Import the 6.7 version of the All-in-One-WP-Migration plugin. You can find it here: https://victorchinedu.com/rollback
• Activate the plugin.
• Go to Tools -> Plugin File Editor
• On the top right select the drop down and look for the All-in-One-WP-Migration plugin.
• On the right sidebar select the constants.php file then search for Max file
• Update the value from 28 -> 40 then press Update File on the bottom. This should increase the file size you can upload.
• Go to the All-in-One-WP-Migration plugin and import the zip file of the website.
• Note: You'll likely get logged out but the old password won't work because it's tied to password from the initial instance. The password is in 1password under addis-restaurant

Install Simply Static

• This will export your project into static files and directories: index.html, wp-content, wp-includes.
• When we're done making updates and ready to export go to the Simply Static settings.
• Under Settings go to General
• Make sure to set Replacing URLS to Offline Usage and enable Force URL replacements
• Scroll down to Save Settings
• On the left side bar go to Activity Log
• Then press Generate on the top-left sidebar.
• The process should begin and you'll see a link in the Activity log section to download the site files.
• You'll have to dig into directory to find the 3 files/directories mentioned earlier and they will be your static website.

How to host on Github Pages

• Go to Github
• Create a new public repo and commit the 3 files/directories to the repo.
• Go the Settings -> Pages
• Under Branch select the main branch
• This should make your app available under the following domain: https://www.megulo25.github.io/PROJECT_NAME
• You can configure it to work for a custom domain.

How to configure a custom domain on Github Pages

Done! The site should be available with the changes! It may take a while for the servers to update the cache.