Duplicated site, but now I can't log into the original site

  • Resolved sosoclumsy

    (@sosoclumsy)


    11 years ago

    Hi,

    I’m having some issues with my original site (after duplicating it) and I’m not sure how to fix it. I looked through all the documentation provided and read through the support forum topics for additional help, but I’m still not sure how to resolve the problem… so my apologies in advance if this topic is redundant or if the answer can already be found elsewhere in the support forum.

    I tried to duplicate a site (www.originalsite.com) on a different domain (www.newdomain.com) for testing and development — the duplication was successful but now there are issues with the original site redirecting/linking to the duplicated site. I’m also unable to login to the wp admin panel on the original site. If I try to navigate to https://www.originalsite.com/wp-login.php it redirects me to https://www.newdomain.com/wp-login.php instead. I’m not sure how or why this is happening as I didn’t think anything on the original site would be affected by the duplication.

    I *believe* I followed the duplication and installation process correctly:

    1. created the package and installer files on https://www.originalsite.com
    2. moved the two package and installer files to https://www.newdomain.com
    3. created a new database for https://www.newdomain.com
    4. browsed to the installer.php file on https://www.newdomain.com
    5. connected to new database with the installer.php on https://www.newdomain.com and then finished the install process

    Aside from the above, I didn’t make any other changes or edits to https://www.originalsite.com or any of its files. I’ve also cleared my caches and tried different browsers. So I’m not sure why the https://www.originalsite.com is having issues and redirecting to https://www.newdomain.com… please help!

    Thanks for making this plugin and taking the time to respond — I appreciate your work and all your help!

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  • Cory Lamle

    (@corylamleorg)

    Hey sosoclumsy,

    The best work-around for those issues are on this FAQ item:
    -> Browse to: https://lifeinthegrid.com/duplicator-faq
    -> Find section: “3. Troubleshoot=> Why do I get 404 errors after installing?”

    Because a particular system can have many other items that may cause a redirect you might double-check with your host or you may have to contact an IT professional to help you finalize the move and look at the system in detail, to find out what is causing the redirect issues, so of these issues can take hours to debug and they are not always straight-forward…

    Hope that helps!

    Thread Starter sosoclumsy

    (@sosoclumsy)

    Thanks so much!

    Thread Starter sosoclumsy

    (@sosoclumsy)

    Sorry — I meant to mark this as resolved in my last replay

    Cory Lamle

    (@corylamleorg)

    No Problem… Thanks for the update!

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