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James Huff
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Hi James,
Thanks. I read through that. I don’t have two domain names under my home directory. What I have is a copy of the old public_html file for the old domain name and the public_html for the new domain. It looks like, from what I’ve read, that I can copy the files from the old public_html to the new public_html. I have two questions then:
1. Replace everything in the new domain’s public_html or only some of it?
2. I brought images into my site before changing the domain name but I don’t see those in images in either public_html. When I go to the site domain, there are definitely images missing. Do I need to bring those into my WP site again?
I am not clear on what to do in the new public_html after the copy. My site URL is already the new domain. I’ve looked at videos and read documents but they didn’t answer these questions. It reminds me of my programming days when the doc said, “Do this” without giving the needed details. Thanks.
Ken
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James Huff
(@macmanx)
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1. If you’re moving the whole site, then move all the files.
2. Are there image files under /wp-content/uploads/?
Thanks, James. I am not moving the site. I bought a new domain name and asked Bluehost to change the primary domain name. Otherwise, everything is still on the same site and file structure.
Yes, there is content in wp_content in both the old and the new upload folder. I have a picture of myself, which does show up but the banner-sized picture I had on the home page does not show up. When I go to the site, I can’t really tell that the Divi Influencer theme is there nor any rows I created. There is simply my photo. I copied all of public_html from the old version to the new version. Nothing changed. The site knows that the theme is Influencer but I can’t tell that from what I see. Suggestions please? Thanks.
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James Huff
(@macmanx)
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Did you follow the steps exactly at https://wordpress.org/support/article/moving-wordpress/ including changing the WordPress and Site Addresses at Settings > General?