I’m having exactly the same problem. We have a TEDx website that we migrated from the server to a localhost where we have done our development.
Now the development is over, we did the following:
1. Backup main TEDx website
2. Removed WordPress from TEDx and reinstalled a fresh version of WP
3. Installed the WP Migrate plugin
4. Export from localhost changing the file paths
5. When we come to import it hangs with “Restoring Database” and the animated cycle.
I could do with your help as we are completely stuck as to how to migrate our work back onto the liveserver http://www.tedxwandsworth.com
Many thanks
Chiefb
Hi all,
Could you please follow the instructions as follows;
1. While on restoring database, leave it running for 15 minutes.
2. After 15 minutes, open another tab and try to login to wp-admin with username/password of the exported site
3. Go to settings -> permalinks and save the permalink structure
4. Go to All in one WP Migration – Export page and click on Turn Off Maintenance
At this point the website should be successfully migrated.
I have tried what is recommended, but I only get a screen with this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected
help
I have used All In One to transfer a few sites without any issues, but this one large wooCommerce site just would not load.
I tried so many different ways to get the site to load that I thought I should share my final solution in the hopes it will help someone else.
1. From my development site I used All in One to back up everything EXCEPT the database.
2. Loaded that backup to the live server.
Once complete you will see all the plugins have been transferred but you won’t be able to see the media files – they will appear once you have loaded the database, see next step.
3. On the development site I used a free versions of WP Migrate DB and migrated only the database. Under Advanced options checked everything except “Replace GUIDs”.
4. in phpMyAdmin I imported the new database file created from WP Migrate.
—- Boom I have a site 🙂
Good luck to those still having this issue, it’s no fun at all and cost me a lot of hours.
Thank you, peaksmedia for keeping the forum active.
