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Moving Your WordPress Blog
oving a blog can make it
unreachable for 24 – 72 Alterations are needed to be
hours, unless the new made. The details of your new
domain name has fully propagated mysql connection have to be
around the Internet. It is just changed by opening the file
the way it is and WordPress “wp-config.php” on your WordPress
doesn’t have anything to do with install. The file: SCR 1.0.002
such limitation. Moving is best Freeware Edition (13KB) should be
done when you have the time or downloaded to search and replace
have planned ahead. your website URL with your Xampp
url. This is because your blog
Moving Towards a New Domain Name address inside the database has
to be changed. Database files can
The first thing to do is create a be very large, thus opening them
database back-up. The entire can be excruciatingly slow. It
WordPress installation needs to could even crash your machine. By
be downloaded with no exceptions. replacing the old address with
This is not the time to tidy up your new address, the URLs within
your install or to upgrade/change your site will still work.
anything. That would have to wait
after the blog has been moved and Moving hosts will mean changes in
is shown to be working. Your your passwords. You can double
computer should now have these check your new passwords for your
items: one or more database mysql connection as well as other
backups plus all your wpfiles, passwords that you have in use.
folders and images directories. After which, it is now time to
The backups should be copied upload all your files to your new
again to somewhere safe on your web space and restore your
machine so that the next stage database. From the website
can be done on a copy. cpanel, select the database you
are using. You should still need another is also possible.
to look inside the “wp – options”
table to check that the values in Moving Within
“site – url” and “home” are
correct. Clear your cache and WordPress files can be moved from
cookies before checking your new one location on your server to
site. another. Start by creating the
new location using any of these
It is possible that you will get methods: create the new directory
a blank page when looking at your when you will be moving your
blog right after moving. In this WordPress core files to a new
case, the themes should be directory, or move the WordPress
checked. A faulty theme file to your root directory by making
causes a blank page. You can try sure all index, php, .htaccess
changing themes or uploading a and other files that might be
new theme then changing to it. copied over are backed-up and/or
Should this step not help, you moved. This will then make the
should check whether all the root directory ready for the new
WordPress files are present and WordPress files. It is crucial
are of the correct size. You can that you set the URL locations
use your ftp client to download a before you move the file.
new set of WordPress files, if
needed. When done, test your site to
confirm that it works right. Make
There may be instances where you sure that you let people know the
would need to move WordPress new address when the change
around within your server. involves a new address to your
WordPress is flexible enough to blog. Consider adding some
handle this situation. Moving redirection instructions in your
WordPress from one server to .htaccess file to serve as a
guide to visitors towards the new redirect301/blog/http://www.yours
location. ite.com/. You have to make sure
to insert the opening and
Handling Redirects after Moving a trailing / at the end of the
WordPress Blog destination path. Save your
.htaccess file. Reupload it if
Concerns should not be limited to you’re editing on your local
the moving of the actual machine rather than on the
WordPress program files but also server. Load your old WordPress
on finding a way to redirect URL to make this work.
visitors that may be following
outdated links to an old content. Moving Several Posts from One
It is possible that redirects can Blog to Another
mess up RSS feeds and search
engine results thus an ideal When you decide to move over all
redirect option that preserves your WordPress related posts from
both past and current search another blog, the task is
results is the key. After moving basically to extract a few posts
your WordPress blog, look into and their comments and to insert
how 301 redirects can be properly them into the database of the new
handled. blog. This can be accomplished by
following these steps: click on
A suggested way goes like this: the wp-posts table name in the
open your .htaccess file in the left panel when you are in the
directory that houses your newly proper database. It should be
moved WordPress file and edit in noticed that other tables might
either your host’s file manager have a different prefix. Click
interface or by downloading to browse on the top in the next
your local machine. Insert a line panel. Select the checkbox at the
at the top that reads: beginning of the rows that you
want to extract or export. Select WordPress is a platform you
“Export” at the bottom of the install on your own/hosted server
rows where it says “with and maintain the installation
selected”. Deselect structure on yourself. However, attempting to
the next panel, leave selected make the move should only be done
Data, check Save As file, then if you’re comfortable with ftp,
Go. You will then get a prefix – basic work in the UNIX shell,
posts.sqlfile. basic SQL and a little bit of
general hacking. Expertise is not
Open the file in your chosen text really required but possessing
editor such as Notepad. Change the basic skills and the
the wp-part everywhere to target_ willingness to give it a go are.
-, depending on the prefix of the
tables where you want to move the The first thing to do is to
post using Search/Research. You install WordPress and get a
are ready to go if you move the hosting service. Choose one that
post to a new, empty database. does an automatic install of
However, if the target blog has WordPress to do away with
posts in the database, there is fiddling. Of course, you would
some more work to do. You have to need check in the database what the ID title="http://mysql.php"
number of your last post is in target="_blank">the target blog. You should also color="#001000"
go back to the .sqlfile and take size="-2">http://mysql.php
a look at the first line below , some form of ftp access and
Dumping data for table… a shell account. The challenge
lies on setting up your blog on a
Moving a WordPress Blog to Your new place while finding the theme
Own WordPress Installation and the plugins you want. The
themes on
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title="http://WordPress.com" places you can download them
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