{"id":"6ab4377325c0969b7ed23206","title":"Migration Notes","path":"how-to/committee/editing-content/migration-notes","contentMarkdown":"# Migration Notes\n\nA **Migration Note** is a small credit line on a page that was imported from an older website. It records the original page address and the date and time of the import, for example:\n\nMigrated from https://old-site.example.org.uk/walks on Thursday, 8 August 2026, 1:11:00 pm\n\nThe line is public, so visitors (and editors) can open the old page while both sites are running in parallel. It is not a content block you would add by hand on a page you are writing from scratch.\n\n## Where it comes from\n\nWhen a site is migrated, NGX adds a Migration Note row to each imported page. The default label is **Migrated from**. The row type also appears in the **Row Type** dropdown so you can open an existing note, change its type, or (rarely) add one if an imported page lost its credit line.\n\nYou do not fill in a rich editor. The note is the label, the source URL, and the import time.\n\n## Removing notes when the site goes live\n\nOnce the new site is the one members use, the old URLs no longer need to be advertised on every page.\n\n1. Open **Admin > System Settings** and go to the migration settings.\n2. The page counts how many pages still show a migration note.\n3. Use the control there to remove them all in one go when you are ready.\n\nDo not delete notes one page at a time unless you have a reason to keep some and drop others.\n\n## See also\n\n* [Page Row Types](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/page-row-types)\n* [Example Pages](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/example-pages)","contentHtml":"<h1>Migration Notes</h1>\n<p>A <strong>Migration Note</strong> is a small credit line on a page that was imported from an older website. It records the original page address and the date and time of the import, for example:</p>\n<p>Migrated from <a href=\"https://old-site.example.org.uk/walks\">https://old-site.example.org.uk/walks</a> on Thursday, 8 August 2026, 1:11:00 pm</p>\n<p>The line is public, so visitors (and editors) can open the old page while both sites are running in parallel. It is not a content block you would add by hand on a page you are writing from scratch.</p>\n<h2>Where it comes from</h2>\n<p>When a site is migrated, NGX adds a Migration Note row to each imported page. The default label is <strong>Migrated from</strong>. The row type also appears in the <strong>Row Type</strong> dropdown so you can open an existing note, change its type, or (rarely) add one if an imported page lost its credit line.</p>\n<p>You do not fill in a rich editor. The note is the label, the source URL, and the import time.</p>\n<h2>Removing notes when the site goes live</h2>\n<p>Once the new site is the one members use, the old URLs no longer need to be advertised on every page.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <strong>Admin &gt; System Settings</strong> and go to the migration settings.</li>\n<li>The page counts how many pages still show a migration note.</li>\n<li>Use the control there to remove them all in one go when you are ready.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Do not delete notes one page at a time unless you have a reason to keep some and drop others.</p>\n<h2>See also</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/page-row-types\">Page Row Types</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/example-pages\">Example Pages</a></li>\n</ul>\n"}