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1. MGCTracy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have a live WordPress blog that is currently linked from my html website (created with Dreamweaver).

   I would like to create my entire website from WordPress instead, but I don't want to lose all the information from my current blog. I'm trying to replicate what I have, but edit static pages, etc., offline without affecting my current online blog.

   I copied all the files using ftp, so the structure isn't the problem. What is the problem is that I can't figure out how to copy the SQL database itself. When I copy it to a new database (say blog2), I can't access it online. It reverts back to the original blog.

   How do I get around this?

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Installation_Techniques#Installing_WordPress_Locally

3. MGCTracy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks, that's helpful!

4. MGCTracy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm still having the problem.

   I followed this great little tutorial at http://educhalk.org/blog/how-to-copy-your-online-wordpress-blog-to-xampp-on-your-local-computer-or-usb-drive/

   After creating the local site, I first deactivated all my plugins, then went to phpMyAdmin in the live site and exported the database. I then opened the sql file and changed all instances of my "live" url to the localhost url. I then imported the data to the localhost site.

   However, when I try to look at it, I get my live blog's header with a "Page Not Found" error message.

   What could be going on?

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