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1. Z_Everson
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I created http://ccky.org/development/ and need to move it to http://ccky.org/. How do I do so? Yes, it's ok for me to purge all of the content from the old Microsoft FrontPage site. Thanks!

2. Jan Dembowski
   Volunteer Mod. & Brute Squad
   Posted 7 months ago #

   The new site looks good, especially compared to the old 1990 version...

   It's a little tricky since the / web pages are still there.

   1 - Backup everything (database and all files) for / and /development/ both.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup

   2 - Export the /development/ WordPress into WXR using this link.

   http://ccky.org/development/wp-admin/export.php

   This is a just in case step. I'm a huge believer in the power of good backups.

   3 - Copy the entire contents of /development/ to the / directory. Make sure you get all the subdirectories and preserve the file permissions.

   4 - Move or delete (you did make a backup right?) the FrontPage generated files and directories to somewhere safe.

   5 - In http://ccky.org/development/wp-admin/options-general.php change the WordPress address (URL) and Site Address (URL) to http://ccky.org

   If everything went well, then visiting the http://ccky.org URL will get you the WordPress site.

   If Very Bad Things happen(tm) then restore your file and/or database backups and you'll be back to square one.

   Or you can install a blank WordPress onto / and just import the WXR file from step 2 into the new / instance of WordPress.

3. Z_Everson
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Thanks Jan (sorry for taking so long to express my appreciation—just got the time to finally follow your instructions).

   I reached step 5 ("5 - In http://ccky.org/development/wp-admin/options-general.php change the WordPress address (URL) and Site Address (URL) to http://ccky.org)"). When I tried to select that link, however, I got this error message.

   Internal Server Error

   The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

   Please contact the server administrator, cckstaff@ccky.org and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

   More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

   When I try to log in at http://ccky.org/wp-login.php it redirects me to http://ccky.org/development/wp-login.php and I get the same error message.

   Visiting ccky.org now shows the content from the new site, but not the theme.

   Was it wrong for me to do step 3 before step 4? If I moved the contents from /development into the / directory first, I wouldn't have known which ones were from the original site and which ones were from the new one. I also strayed from your instructions by deleting the /development folder, which I believe contained a wp-content file, before I attempted step 5.

   Thanks!

4. Jan Dembowski
   Volunteer Mod. & Brute Squad
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Looks like the site URL and WordPress address is not set correctly for your installation. It's still referencing the old locations

   http://ccky.org/development/wp-content/themes/vibrantcms/style.css

   when it should be pointing to

   http://ccky.org/wp-content/themes/vibrantcms/style.css

   Check out this URL for fixing the settings.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL

5. Z_Everson
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Great, thanks Jan! I need to change the names of all the image files, but that's a minor fix compared to where I was. Much appreciated!

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