WordPress.org

1. isdon
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I had to move my domain name (blog Word PRess 2.6) and Word Press files from one host to another. I backed up onto my hard disk. With the new host I installed Word Press 2.7 through cPanel -Fantanstico. I now have the basic Word Press installation at my domain address. I have these files on my desktop which I presume contain my last three years of blogs and I can't work out from the forum how to get all my old files, theme etc to run at this new host. The files on my hard disk are:
   backup-12.2.2008_17-09-34_childrf2.tar.gz
   childrf2_wrp1_wp_20081001_194.sql.gz
   Can someone guide me through how to get my old Word Press blog to run at the same domain name but new host? Many thanks for any suggestions.

2. jnoronha
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I wrote a tutorial on this:

   http://www.ofimdavarzea.com/en/moving-a-wordpress-blog-to-another-domain-the-complete-guide-and-best-practices/

   It's about moving to a new domain, but I think it will help you. Just skip the part about the new urls.

3. isdon
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Thanks for your help jnoronha. I managed to get the database restored and be able to login to the WP-admin and All my previous blogs are there. Now my problem is that when I click on site preview or type in the url all I get is a blank screen.

4. iand
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   try resetting your permalinks:

   1. Settings > Permanent > Change to default (the ?p=123 one)
   2. Set permalinks back to what you want (i.e. a /something/something/title one)

Topic Closed

This topic has been closed to new replies.