Where have my pages gone.

  • phillabbiss

    (@phillabbiss)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hi

    I’m a new user really although I have had some experience with another wordpress site which was already up and running.

    I have had to replace my old website with a new one because of hosting issues. While the old site was up and running I installed wordpress in it’s default directories and I have authored about 20 replacement pages for my website. the intention was to delete the old pages and move the new pages across when i was ready. I’m ready now and with Filezilla I can see the old pages in the root of my website, in the HTDOCS folder but I can’t find any of the pages I have authored anywhere, any clue as to where woedpress may have stashed them?

    I have published the pages and if you go to the wp directory on the website they appear and they work perfectly, I just need to be able to move them and also I believe the index and the sitemap to the root, anybody got any ideas???

    Thanks

    Phill

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  • leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    Your pages are stored in your database, not as files in folders. To copy or move them, you can use Tools > Export and Tools > Import at your Dashboard.

    Thread Starter phillabbiss

    (@phillabbiss)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hi

    Just tried that, exported them to a file and then imported them back to the HTDOCS folder, still no pages?

    I’m obviously doing something fundamental wrong but i have no idea what!

    Phill

    leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    Those are database entries (tables and such), not files. What you exported can only be made into pages by WordPress reading their data and then sending it to a browser in the format of your styled theme (skin). To move or copy them from one site to another, you can either move or copy the entire database or just its site content via Dashboard Export and Dashboard Import. Then, your uploads (images and such) can be copied from one folder location to the next.

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