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1. mja2009
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I'm currently moving my existing Drupal site over to WordPress and am using MAMP locally on my Mac to get everything finished before I upload it all to my hosting service.

   I installed WordPress into a sub directory off the MAMP install and with hindsight should have installed it in the root. I am now trying to move it to the root location but have run into similar difficulties as those I read the following post reporting the same problems: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/288024?replies=3

   I've followed the "Moving WordPress" codex articles to the letter but still get a blank white screen when calling up the new address of the site. The post referenced above didn't note any solution so I thought I'd ask again if anyone can help...

   Many thanks,

   M

2. threestyler
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Could be any number of things. Is it happening on the front and backend or just frontend?

   Here are a few things you could try (check wp-admin after each change):

   • phpmyadmin check the tables and make sure you have changed the url location
   • phpmyadmin select all and repair tables
   • select all and optimize tables
   • check for an error_log in root.
   • overwrite all files with a new install. then domain.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php
   • back up and delete .htaccess
   • check the config file for any white spaces before the opening <?php tag
   • delete all themes besides the default.
   • rename the plugins folder
   • increase the memory: open wp-config and add define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M'); somewhere after the db call.

   Is there a php.ini file in the root?

   If none of this works but you can access wordpress from the original location then go to wp-admin and export all posts, then setup a fresh install and import posts.

3. mja2009
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes, both front & backend are inaccessible with just a white screen. Thanks for the suggestions, I'm going to give it another go this weekend and post back if I'm still unable to move the site.

4. mja2009
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   OK, I've tried again and same results white screen in every browser I try both for the front and backend.

   I've followed the "Moving WordPress within your site" from this document: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress and cannot get it to work at all. I have to ask the question - are these instructions correct?

   Any help much appreciated...

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

   are these instructions correct

   Yes - to the best of my knowledge.

6. mja2009
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   So what am I doing wrong?

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

   Not sure. Which part of Moving_WordPress did you follow?

8. mja2009
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I've followed the "Moving WordPress within your site" from this document: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

9. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It's possible that you could be experiencing a plugin conflict that you didn't have on your local environment. Follow this guide to reset your plugins:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F

   If that resolves the issue, reactivate each plugin individually until you find the cause.

10. threestyler
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Have you tried all of my suggestions? You haven't stated if there is an error_log or weather you have a php.ini in your wordpress root either.

11. mja2009
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Thanks all for your suggestions, do appreciate them.

    To threestyler, I did try each of your suggestions but unfortunately without success.

    However, I've now managed to get this working myself so have marked this post as resolved. For anyone else finding similar problems, and for what it's worth, here's what I ended up doing:

    1.) Created a new WordPress installation where I wanted it.
    2.) Copied all my site data over the top of the new installtion EXCEPT wp_config.php.
    3.) Using phpMyAdmin, backed up my original sites database adding the option to drop tables etc.
    4.) Textedited the SQL file doing a search and replace for the old URL and replacing it with the new one.
    5.) Using phpMyAdmin, imported the edited SQL file to the new WordPress installation.

    I think that was everything, and now all is well.

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