Problems changing the site URL

  • believein

    (@believein)


    14 years, 12 months ago

    Hi,

    We had been using the preview domain supplied by our webshost to install and test the new website. Everything was working Ok.

    Now we have updated the nameservers so the real domain points to the website.

    However, after following some links the preview address is used in the address bar.

    I have tried each of the following the methods / instructions in the codex
    (http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)

    1. Edit wp-config.php
    2. Relocate method
    3. Changing the URL directly in the database

    but each time this results in a Internal Server Error. What am I doing wrong?

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  • Thread Starter believein

    (@believein)

    14 years, 12 months ago

    The preview link was http://79.170.40.161/mydomain.com

    I want to update to just mydomain.com

    Interestingly – if I try and alter the settings in admin settings I receive the message
    “The Site address you entered did not appear to be a valid URL. Please enter a valid URL.”

    Thread Starter believein

    (@believein)

    14 years, 12 months ago

    Ouch – no suggestions?

    Thread Starter believein

    (@believein)

    14 years, 12 months ago

    Could the clue be in my .htaccess file

    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /unnaturalflooring.com/
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /unnaturalflooring.com/index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

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