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1. Alan Schnauser
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi guys,
   If any one can help me with this it would be much appreciated:
   1) I designed and set up a website for someone on WordPress on my server which was finished and ready to move to his hosting server
   2) Using an FTP client, I pulled all the files off from my hosting server onto my PC as a backup
   3) As instructed, I logged in and changed the urls in WordPress, Settings, General. I also uploaded the WordPress folder to the guy's server. I generally fumbled around not knowing what the hell I was doing. Got stuck, couldn't log in to my original WordPress installation. Panicked. Decided to try and get back to where I started from.
   4) In an attempt to restore the status quo, I used FTP to upload the original files back onto the original server and now all the CSS and content has disappeared. HELP!!!
   5) I can't log in to change the urls back and the guy's website now looks like this:
   http://www.bristolsouthwebdesign.com/wordpresstest/home

   Any help to restore the original site would be greatly appreciated. I can attempt to move it to the new server another day once I've calmed down!
   Cheers
   Alan

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   fix the site url's back
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL

   follow this guide to move it
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server

3. Alan Schnauser
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Samuel
   Thanks for this - I went into the database directly and reinstated the original url which worked - sort of.
   The homepage doesn't show up and when I go to LogIn, it comes up with 404 not found. Also, none of the CSS is linked so there is no formatting.
   Any ideas?
   Cheers
   Alan

4. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm getting this link for stylesheet/theme
   http://www.bristolsouthwebdesign.com/wordpresstest/home/wp-content/themes/blank%20theme/style.css
   notice the added junk between "blank" and "theme"?

5. Alan Schnauser
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Samuel
   Thanks for all the help - much appreciated. I shouldn't have used /home on the end of the url...idiot.
   I'll attempt to move the site another day I think. Quick question - should I set up an SQL database on the new hosting server before I upload the root folder and all the files? The instructions don't mention this.
   Cheers
   Alan

6. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Quick question - should I set up an SQL database on the new hosting server before I upload the root folder and all the files

   you will need to set up a db just to have one to import the old db into

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