Backup – Restore // Is Design effected ??

  • I followed the codex pages on Backup and Restore meticulously (so I think); using mysql commands, to transfer a blog from one site to another:

    1. Backup (mysqldump) on first site

    2. Install of ‘native’ WordPress on new site

    3. Restore (using mysql) on the new site

    Problem: The entries are there, all, but the layout is a boring blank page; not the one with the centered blue logo.
    I tried again, same result.

    Now my question: what did I do wrong ? Who overwrites the layout of the default install when I unpack the sql data into the new location ?
    If the layout is in the sql, still, where does the blank layout come from; since the original layout also has the same default layout.

    Or, am I making a mistake at the transfer ?

    Thanks for enlightenment,

    Uwe

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  • Did you make sure to set the URI in your admin panel. I’m guessing that somehow your theme is looking for the style sheet in the wrong place, which has nothing to do with the DB. Do you have a link?

    Yep, after you restore the database, you need to make sure to change the URLs of where your site is located. ??

    Thread Starter udippel

    (@udippel)

    I hope to understand the problem by now: Since I move to another URL, I need to substitute all the old URLs with the new ones, right ? That is, update all references.
    Is a simple, single update in the admin panel of WordPress on the new server really enough ? I found the following in a set of great ‘HowTo’: (https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/move/)

    “[…] download this file: SCR 1.0.002 Freeware edition (13KB) . Use that to search and replace your website url with your Xampp url.”

    I have windows, but no Windows; and I don’t understand the rest either. From this description, you’d have to ‘find…replace’ a plurality of occurrences.
    Is there any other method ? I don’t mind using native SQL if I knew more about the structure of the tables.

    Do I at least understand the matter correctly ?

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

    If you can get into your admin area, go to the general options page and change it there. If no and if you have phpMyAdmin or another GUI tool, just go into the wp_options table, search for rows with your old URL somewhere in the value column, and replace it with your new URL.

    Thread Starter udippel

    (@udippel)

    Thanks so much ! I’ll try tonight …

    And sorry for missing the ‘Moving’ in codex. Probably I was thinking too technically and searched ‘backup’ and ‘restore’.

    Thread Starter udippel

    (@udippel)

    Yes, it looks good: Just had to be very careful: It would always jump back to the old URL while getting in as admin. Once I changed to the new URL and updated, everything was fine.

    I didn’t really try; but would it not work better (at least easier), if you entered the new URL already on the old site, clicked ‘Update’ and made a backup then ?

    @udippel,
    Yes, you can do that. The only point to remember: do not try to open your blog after changing the URIs and before the move is done ??

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