Title: moving website http500 error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# moving website http500 error

 *  [jannekevisser07](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jannekevisser07/)
 * (@jannekevisser07)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-website-http500-error/)
 * I everyone,
 * My hosting company changed my space and gives me a few days to transfer my wordpress
   site.
 * I exported my database and imported it in the new database.
    Everything looks
   well! Than I downloaded my site and uploaded it on the new area.
 * If i watch that site ( a very complex temporary link ) it gives me
 * The website cannot display the page
    HTTP 500 Most likely causes: The website
   is under maintenance. The website has a programming error.
 *  What you can try:
    Refresh the page.
 *  Go back to the previous page.
    Can anyone help me?
 * Thanks Janneke

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-website-http500-error/#post-874738)
 * Has DNS been updated to point your domain name to the new server?
 *  Thread Starter [jannekevisser07](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jannekevisser07/)
 * (@jannekevisser07)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-website-http500-error/#post-874754)
 * Not yet… do you think that is the problem?
 * I want to be sure my site is up and running?
    Thanks
 * Janneke
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-website-http500-error/#post-874773)
 * In the main settings screen, you set the URLs where WP is running. Those need
   to be accurate.
 * You can temporarily overide them on the new site by adding lines like the following
   to the wp-config.php file:
 *     ```
       define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://newhost.com/blog');
       define('WP_HOME', 'http://newhost.com/blog');
       ```
   
 * Once you update DNS, you’ll then want to remove those lines.

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 * [HTTP500](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/http500/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-website-http500-error/#post-874773)
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