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    I am new to WordPress and this was my first attempt to move WordPress 3.9.2 from a Linux host to Windows server 2008 with IIS 7.

    I glanced at the threads http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-blog-moved-from-linux-to-windows-iis-server?replies=4 and link http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

    I used the Duplicator plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/ for the moving process. There were no errors or warnings in Step 3(Test Site) of the move process. I saved the permalinks using the Default option.

    The old website registrar was cheapnames.com who has been down for about 2 days so I could not change the website’s A(Address) record to point to the new Windows host computer.

    1. Is there a way, I can test, if my move was done properly or not?

    2. If I go to http://www.newsite.com, I get a blank screen whereas if I go to http://www.oldsite.com the website appears. Since the files, plug-ins are on the Windows host, I was expecting the website to be available when I type http://www.newsite.com which has the IP address of the Windows host computer.

    Does that mean something went wrong? The default page for http://www.newsite.com is index.php which contains

    ——————————————————————-
    define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);

    /** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */

    require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/wp-blog-header.php’ );
    ——————————————————————-

    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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  • website’s A(Address) record

    Do you mean your DNS record?

    You can try using your “hosts” file (PC you work from) and define your http://www.newsite.com

    PS! Why do you waste your time with crappy MS Windows server is unclear but never mind that, it’s your site

    linux is best.

      the disadvantage of a Windows server is that updates can take a long time to be released, as you have to wait till Microsoft upgrades their software. However, any bug of the Linux software can be repaired in almost no time, as it is open source software and can be fixed and improved by any developer.
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    Thanks stuudio and gautchakraborty

    It was a caching plug-in issue and once it was solved, the http://www.newsite.com worked as expected.

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