Posted 4 months ago #
I installed wordpress in a new hosting site and want to transfer my current wordpress site to the new location. Actually, the site is working fine but I get a "page cannot be found" error when trying to load the /wp-admin file. I have updated the config.php file to the new database, and can't see what else is missing.
Any advice?
Do you have a URL we can look around at? You may want to review http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
Posted 4 months ago #
Well, last night I thought the site itself was working but that's not the case this morning so I must have been looking at the old site. I will have a look at the link you sent me.
Old site: swingandsway.findmymybiz.ca
Newsite: swingandsway.ca/wordpress
When I go to your new site's wp-admin, it says you need ot update your database. I'd back up all your files and database prior to updating.
Posted 3 months ago #
OK, I have followed all the way through GoDaddy's instructions for moving the site from one server to another. The site now appears as it should, but I still can't login to the dashboard. Called GoDaddy support and went through several things with them and they are stumped too (and suggested I ask on a WordPress forum!)
Any other suggestions?
Looks like you haven't changed your site URL settings in WordPress.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
Posted 3 months ago #
Well, I don't know where I've gotten myself now because not only did that not work, but in the process, I can't even get the old site at swingandsway.findmybiz.ca working!
Looks like I might be trying to build the whole thing over again. If I have the wp-content files still, will those help me in some way if I uninstall WordPress from the new (GoDaddy) server, then re-install it?
Which method did you try? It looks like you might have messed up your database settings.
The wp-content files only contain your theme, plugins and other uploaded media. Everything else is in the database, so make sure you have a backup.
Posted 3 months ago #
OK, looks like I'm back! Yesterday I uninstalled WordPress, then had GoDaddy move the site to a Windows server instead of Linux (counter-intuitive, but I was desperate), then I followed all of your steps including editing the functions.php file in theme and voila it's all back - site and dashboard. For anyone who needs to know here were the steps:
1) Backup the site and the database from the original server
2) Install WordPress on the new server
3) Copy the wp-content folder from the old server to the new server
4) Backup the database from the new server (just in case....)
5) Copy the old database to _db_backups on the new server
6) Restore the old database to the new server
7) Check the setting on the new wp-config file (this one kept throwing me because all of the support articles said I would have to edit it, but I didn't have to.)
8) Edit the functions.php file in the theme folder as per the instructions in the link above "Changing The Site URL".
Thanks all for your help!
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