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1. reelsessions
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello All,
   I need some serious help and advice. I run my companies blog and have been posting since 2009. The blog is http://www.reelsessions.com/reelsessions. We lost contact with our host a while back and I only have had access to our server which has been fine as of now. We are currently switching over to a new host/database. I was wondering if there is ANYWAY to transfer the blog and contents to the new server and database without having the old database info. I have a backup folder on my desktop and obviously exported by xml files. I hope there is a way around this. Let me know.

   Thanks,
   Jennifer

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   if you did the xml back up from the wordpress dashboard that will bring you all posts, comments and authors
   after setting up a new install, just use the import function in the dashboard

   also, I would recommend exporting multiple xml files to your computer in case of glitches

3. reelsessions
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello samboll,
   I did that and it did not work. I was told that having the original database info from host was essential. I did an export and imported and it did not work.. :( any other suggestion?

4. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   how did it not work?
   database back ups are usually more reliable but not essential

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