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1. Amnesia180
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi All,

   I have got my wordpress installed on my website and to test it, i've installed it on my "localhost" (using a program that starts Apache and MySql).

   Anyway, I forgot I was in the one in my localhost and changed the settings to my website, not when I try to sign in it will not let me use EITHER password as it keeps swapping between localhost login and mywebsite login.

   I have spent ages writing an about me page... the content MUST have been saved somewhere in my htdocs on the localhost... Can anyone tell me where or how I can recover this content.

   Thanks,
   Amnesia

2. mercime
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   about me page - in your database

3. renato_s
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Go to localhost and access PhpMyAdmin. There you can retrieve your About me page AND/OR edit the blog address (in WP-Options table).

4. Amnesia180
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you renato.

   However, I can't find the file. I no longer have access to any of the backend files.. I can only see the physical folders such as tbl_structure etc and can open these in notepad.

   Any idea where in phpMyAdmin I can find this?

   Thank you!

5. mercime
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/backup/

6. Amnesia180
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   But I can't access this. Because it's on my actual computer and I have messed up the "paths". I can only view the windows explorer.

7. moshu
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Get serious. If it is on your computer you can do anything and everything.
   Is it XAMPP? Just go to http://localhost and you will be able to login into you phpmyadmin.

8. Amnesia180
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes, it's XAMPP.

   Okay, I have just done some reading on the internet and I keep keeping some error in my mysql.lib but i'm clicking cancel every time it shows up.

   I've backedup what I think is right... now I guess I just need to import it?!

   I'll give it ago!

9. Amnesia180
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Okay, backed up using phpmyadmin... then restored (like it said) on my server (again, using phpmyadmin). But it hasn't put back my about me page.

   I found it :)

10. moshu
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Are you sure you know what are you doing?
    You were supposed to change back the "site_url" and "home" values in the wp_options table, following the tutorial mercime posted for you.
    (everything else comes AFTER that)

    What are you doing with backing up and all that confusing stuff?

11. Amnesia180
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Sorry moshu, i'll explain what I done.

    I thought I had to back up my old SQL tables and load them back into my current one. But that didn't work.

    I just went into phpMyAdmin (through XAMPP control panel) and found localhost on the computer. Then I "browsed" my "contents" table... and it was right there! :)

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