What I would do is this:
Install WordPress at the desired url – fourtwelvemusic.com (no need to use a sub domain)
Grab the wp-content folder from your test site and upload it to your new WP installation.
Connect your new WP to the previous database – edit the wp-config
Export a copy of your db – using phpMyAdmin and open it in your text editor. Find and replace all instances of old-dmain.net with newdomain.com
Replace the db on your server.
Test the new site… and fingers crossed, everything should be good to go.
Christine… I feel like such an idiot! 🙂 This is definitely out of my realm of understanding.
So… if I understand what you are saying, I need to install WordPress into my fourtwelvemusic.com folder… correct? Will this impact at all my login into WordPress for updates?
When you say grab the wp-content folder, should I copy it or drag/drop into the new installation?
How do I connect my new WP to the previous database? You mention editing the wp-config (where is this? and how/what do I change in it?)
Export a copy of my db – using phpMyAdmin (is this a free downloadable program or already part of my WP installation?)
Once those changes are made from old to new, how do I replace the db?
Once I get the basics here, I will get to work! 🙂
So… if I understand what you are saying, I need to install WordPress into my fourtwelvemusic.com folder… correct?
yes
Will this impact at all my login into WordPress for updates?
Once you’ve installed Wp at fourtwelvemusic.com, you’re new login will be fourtwelvemusic.com/wp-admin
When you say grab the wp-content folder, should I copy it or drag/drop into the new installation?
I use Filezilla to connect to my sites. I would drag the entire wp-content on my desktop and then upload it to the new site, again just using FTP.
How do I connect my new WP to the previous database? You mention editing the wp-config (where is this? and how/what do I change in it?)
When you first installed WordPress at your .net site, you would have created a wp-config.php. It’s in the root directory. You can grab it using FTP. BUT !!!!!! you might not want to do that.. I’m thinking that perhaps exporting your content might be easier.
>>>>>> Instead of moving the db, what you could do as well, is just set your site up at fourtwelvemusic.com, install the theme you created, save all of your settings and then use the export function to export your content from the .net site and import it into the new one.
This will be easier than fiddling around with the database.
To get the ball rolling… what are the steps for a proper install of WP on a new site? I didn’t use an ftp for my first install, but because of how it is currently set up… I don’t think that this will work this time. Any recommendations?
Thanks so much for the help. It has been a real struggle getting answers that I understand. 🙂
And when your importation is done, if your posts contain hardlinks, you may use that page for reference, to update the contents of all your posts in a single batch (like replacing fourtwelvemusic.net with fourtwelvemusic.com) :
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/01/search-and-replace-in-wordpress-mysql-database/
(just backup before running the command, one is never careful enough)
Okay… I think that I need some help here. Now when I go to our page, I get the WP Admin page to login. Do I set up a totally new login or use the old/previous login?
I am guessing that if I use the old/previous login, it will pull up our WP test site. However, it will be pulling the information from our .net site.
Any suggestions or recommendations?
If you just did a brand new installation in a totally different folder, what you should be getting in the news installation page, which is what I see here – http://fourtwelvemusic.com/wp-admin/install.php
This is for a brand new install… You can use whatever login credential you want.
I did a brand new install.
Can I have two separate WP accounts? 1 for the .com and 1 for the .net?
You can do as many install as you want if they are in different folders. These are not WP accounts… Now I’m the one that’s totally confused. 🙁
Oh no… I have confused the expert! lol
I know with my .net site that I designed the page offline while the site remained up and running.
Since I have a new WP on the .com site, I was wondering if it would be wise to set up another WP admin login for the .com… if that is even possible.
If you set up a new WordPress site, you are automatically setting up a new wordPress admin… It can have the same username and password if you want, but it’s a totally different site and database.
You need to view both sites as totally separate.
