Posted 9 months ago #
I am using the tutorial on the below link to change the primary domain for my multisite:
http://www.wordpress-website.org/2010/12/change-primary-domain-wordpress-multisite-network/
I have opened the .sql database (a downloaded .gz file) in Step #4 in order to change to change all instances to the new domain, but when I open the database in Notepad all I see is gibberish.
Is there an app that I can use to edit the sql database for this purpose?
gz is basically zipped. you need to uncompress it first. or download it in a zip, which is an option.(a downloaded .gz file)
Posted 9 months ago #
Thank you Andrea_r!
I have not seen .gz file before, so that confused me.
One additional question: The instructions say to change ALL instances of the old domain name to the new one. But I am coming across many instances that do not pertain to the database (i.e. comments).
Is there a better way to do this besides using a text editor?
text editors have search & replace. ;) at least, the ones better than notepad do.
there's also search & replace plugins in the plugin repo.
If you use windows, Notepad++ is free. Mac, try TextWrangler
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