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1. Lenr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Since I have been having so many PHP access errors on the Windows server, I uploaded our website and blog to a UNIX server. Before doing so, I installed the latest WP version, imported the data base and changed the wp-config file. I'm keeping the Windows site active until I'm sure that everything is ok on the new server.

   The site and blog on the new server looks fine (reaching it by the new ip address). When I type in the ip address/blog/wp-admin/ a screen comes up stating "No Upgrade Required
   Your WordPress database is already up-to-date!
   Continue". When I click on "Continue" which is a link, I'm taken to the blog on the Windows server. I know that this is a reference to the WP version on the new server since the Windows server is running WP version 2.5.

   My question is: does the site have to be "live" before I can access the dashboard?

   Thanks,
   Len

2. jceresini
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The database stores the site_url in the wp_options table of the database. You can change this to be your sites url on the linux server by setting it as the ip address such as http://x.x.x.x/. This will allow you to work on the site without it redirecting you back to the live site at the domain name. Be sure to change it back before making the linux site live

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3. Lenr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   First off, thanks for your reply. I opened wp_options in phpMyAdmin and can't find the location to put the linux ip address. Needless to say, I'm not familiar at all with databases or editing them.

   Len

4. Lenr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Woops. I think that I found it under "browse"

   Len

5. Lenr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It worked, thank you. The weird part is that the log in password is the same one as the Windows WP.

   Len

6. Rohan Kapoor
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   NOthing else changed so of course login would be the same.

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