WordPress install not showing up due to domain changes

  • rjharris

    (@rjharris)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    Please can someone help?

    I’m having a problem getting my WordPress install to show up. I wanted to update an existing website (let’s call it mydomain.org), so here’s what I did.

    1. Built a mirror site on mydomain.net on a server with user1 as the user (I have the db name, etc.)
    2. Renamed the .net top directory to .org manually
    3. Moved the .net (now the new .org) files to the existing .org user partition (user2) on the same server
    4. Deleted the old .org files
    5. And got a “Not found” error

    Obviously the wp-config.php file is different for the two sites since they were built on different databases with different users. So just copying one set of files over didn’t work.

    I created a temporary index.html file to work while I was figuring things out but not even that was showing up. So here I am…

    Any help would be so much appreciated. (And any suggestions of how to do this the right way next time!)

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  • Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Typically the easier way to do this (if you are keeping your site on the same server) is to use the same database, and either point a new domain name to the installation folder or copy all of the WordPress files to the new folder. There are a couple of other things you have to do in Settings > General, Settings, Miscellaneous, and the .htaccess file to make your site resolve to the new domain name or path. There is info in the docs about moving your WordPress site.

    I’m honestly having a hard time understanding what you mean when you say that you “created a mirror site” then renamed the folder then copied the files…

    What was in the mirror site? Why would you have to rename the folder yet still copy & delete files?

    Sounds like you may have to restore the files to the original folder, log into the admin (hopefully), and follow the instructions in the docs about how to change your site URL or “move” the installation.

    Thread Starter rjharris

    (@rjharris)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Thank you @ss_minnow!

    The “mirror” site was simply a new WP site with a new theme, etc. but the same domain. I created the .net to develop it because the customization of the theme was so extensive that it just switching themes within the .org would have made the development slow and cumbersome.

    Your suggestions are good! I will try to figure out the fix!

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