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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Problem with a 301 redirect – is it needed?Hi The Grey Parrots,
I don’t really understand what you’re telling me to do?
I can’t amend any files for Domain A, as it’s now a parked domain and it doesn’t have files linked to it?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Problem with a 301 redirect – is it needed?Hi The Grey Parrots,
I just went into the htaccess file to see what you meant, and I’ve just noticed that there is already a redirect code in place! It says this in the htaccess file at the bottom:
# END WordPress
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^planetmillie.com$ [OR]
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.planetmillie.com$
# RewriteRule ^/?$ “http\:\/\/mslogica\.com” [R=301,L]Just to clarify, does this mean I don’t need to do a 301 direct??
(I didn’t write this code, it must have been written when I was making changes through my webhost control panel).
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Widgets disappeared after running an SQL query to update linksThanks both. It’s my fault, I should have excluded serialised arrays from my queries. I read about them before I ran the queries, and then ignored the advice. Tsk tsk.
Thanks so much for your advice. I have a backup from before the database was connected to the new domain, so I’ll go back to that and start again!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: tried to change url, cannot log in to change back.Hehe I’m new to the forums (I broke my own site and am currently awaiting help), but I saw a question I could actually answer and wanted to help another newbie! I understand how scary these forums can seem when you have no idea what you’ve done!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: tried to change url, cannot log in to change back.Hiya,
It’s quite a simple problem to fix. As you are currently pointing the front end of your website to a page that doesn’t exist (because you’ve changed the URL to one that doesn’t exist) you cannot access the front end of your website, which is where you usually log in, I’m guessing from your post. You will need to log into the back end of your site, which is usually the admin screen from your web host.
Once you’ve logged on to your web host account (how you do this will depend on your web host), you just need to follow these instructions:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Changing_the_URL_directly_in_the_database
You need to change the URL back to what it’s supposed to be. You will then be able to log back into your website like usual.
If you’re not familiar with the phpMyAdmin interface, there’s a good tutorial at http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_administration.htm
(It really is a simple fix, despite all these techy words!)