Site move problems.

  • Resolved mjclob

    (@mjclob)


    12 years, 2 months ago

    Hi
    When I duplicate a site does the origional site remain exactly as it was and no links change etc.

    I am moving a site form domain.com to differentdomain/test so I can amend before re-uploading to domain.com

    I tried to duplicate a site from domain.com to domain.com/test but all the links from the origional got changed to /test etc. Is this because it was on the same domain/database?

    Don’t want to lose the site that is already there.

    Thanks in advance

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/duplicator/

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  • Hi mjclob,

    If domain.com had a databases named db_domain1, and in the installer.php file at domain.com/test you connected to db_domain1 then you would have updated all records to the database that you connected to.

    If you want to copy a WordPress site on the same server to have a new instance then you would follow these steps:

    1. Create the Package and installer on domain.com
    2. Move those two files to domain.com/test directory
    3. Create a new database called db_domain2
    4. Browse to the installer.php and connect to db_domain2 and finish the install process

    This will allow you to have a new/different instance of the same wordpress site on the same server at different locations. However you might have permalink problems if the test directory is a child directory inside of an existing wordpress site. If the test directory is stand-alone then things should be OK.

    Hope that helps!

    Thread Starter mjclob

    (@mjclob)

    Thanks for the swift reply.

    I can’t have multiple databases on my server for some reason so am going to build it on a different domain and then move it all back.

    Guessing doing it this way will not cause any link issues etc.

    Thanks again and keep up the good work, plugin will save me lots of time and stress when I move it hopefully

    Wow that is really limited, one database… If you want a host that works well with the plugin and doesn’t have a limit on the number of databases check out the “Approved Hosting” in the Knowledge Base at support.lifeinthegrid.com

    To answer your question, technically it shouldn’t matter. Just pay attention to what database you connect to and know that it will update all data in the database with the settings you set in the installer…

    Cheers!

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