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1. victoriagdavis
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Friends,

   In an attempt to change my blog from it's old url (www.victoriagdavis.com/VGDblog) to my homepage (www.victoriagdavis.com), I changed the settings in the 'settings' page. Now I can't get back to the settings page. The link seems to be broken. When I type in "www.victoriagdavis.com/VGDblog" I get the blog, but only in plain-Jane HTML.

   How can I a) return to my old settings, and b) change the settings so that the URL that people type in (and that shows up in the address bar) is http://www.victoriagdavis.com?

   Thanks for your help :)

2. VelvetBlues.com
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You have to play with SQL. Only solution at this point.

   There are two settings: WordPress URL and Blog URL. I just simulated this problem on my local server, and it only seems to happen when you change the wrong setting.

   You should update the 'Blog URL', not the 'WordPress URL'. To fix this, you will need to access SQL and manually update this setting.

   To return to your old settings, the command that you will run is:
   UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://www.victoriagdavis.com', 'http://www.victoriagdavis.com/VGDblog') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';

   And then update only the Blog Address.

   Good luck. :-)

3. victoriagdavis
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Got it! and thanks for taking the time to simulate this on your local server. It is much appreciated.

   Now, I'm no programmer, but I'll try anything. I certainly have MS SQL Server on my machine, but I'm not sure I have any SQL editing software on my Vista box. Is there any SQL editing software that I could use? If so, do I create some sort of an executable SQL file then run it? Then, how do I accomplish this on my hosting server (Network Solutions)?

   Thanks again!

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   theres more than one way to fix that :)

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL

5. victoriagdavis
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I noticed that earlier this evening, but I'm having no luck getting it to work. I'll keep trying.
   Thanks :)

6. victoriagdavis
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I couldn't get the Quick Fix method to work but the Relocate method worked wonderfully.
   Thanks to all !

7. sgr1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks whoami the manual fix in the database fixed me right up.

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