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1. n2h2o
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   I recently moved my site from one url to another. I missed something somewhere. The information in the chrome tab shows the old web name. I seem to recall when first setting up the site.. as in one of the first few things you do, you enter the name of the site... like WordPress Forum. Can this be changed? where exactly is this section located? I have looked at each and every "option" under the dashboard and can not seem to find the spot.
   You can look at the site and you will see that is says My Misty Memories in the tab.

   please help.

2. Harry
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Go to your Settings > General

   There are a few options you can set there. I think Site Title and Tagline are what you may be looking for?

   HTH

3. n2h2o
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   yeah i have been there. when i moved the site i messed up and mistyped the new url. so when i moved it it didnt show up because it thought it was at another url. I had to "hardcopy" the site url into the code.

   this is what i did to make it work.

   Edit wp-config.php
   It is possible to set the site URL manually in the wp-config.php file.

   Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where "example.com" is the correct location of your site.

   define('WP_HOME','http://example.com');
   define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');
   This is not necessarily the best fix, it's just hardcoding the values into the site itself. You won't be able to edit them on the General settings page anymore when using this method.

   link

   so the site works now and everything is fine as far as i can tell. but now under settings> general I can not change the site url or the WP address. and it still shows the old site name. Any suggestions?
   Thanks for the reply

4. Harry
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Yeah,

   I've had this before. When I move wordpress installs, I update via the database. So be careful.

   Here is a post about it, that provides the SQL you need. I generally Google for something like this. It'll update your settings so you can remove those 2 manual line from your wp-config.php.

   http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-move-wordpress-blog-to-new-domain-or-location/

   If you can, take a backup of your database before attempting this.

   HTH.

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