Links not working on test environment

  • I am trying to run a test environment on my laptop. I have successfully installed XAMPP, WP4.4, created and imported my databases (including updating old urls with new urls). I can launch WP and get my home page to display. However, none of the images on the homepage display even though they come up in the Media – display all. And none of the menu selections link to the page; they all go to an XAMPP splash page.

    I’m using the WooThemes Scrollider them and have WooCommerce installed. I can go into individual pages, posts and products and everything appears correct.

    My guess is that my local database is not indexed correctly? Any help would be appreciated.

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  • Geoffrey Shilling

    (@geoffreyshilling)

    Volunteer Moderator

    I would recommend reviewing the guide for moving WordPress and make sure you have performed all the steps listed there.

    Have you updated the Site Address and WordPress Address to reflect that it is on your localhost?

    Pls check the page view source for image path. Is it showing correct path?

    Thread Starter BallcoWDM

    (@ballcowdm)

    Geoffrey Shilling: I followed the directions for setting up a local host found in “Test Driving WordPress” (https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Test_Driving_WordPress). Specifically, I followed the following directions for updating the database found there:

    “Before you begin to import your SQL backup file, you need to change some information inside your .SQL file.

    Using your text editor, open the .sql backup database file you downloaded.
    Find and replace all the instances of your old URL with your new URL. For instance if your blog address is at https://example.com/wordpress/, and your files on your computer are at /htdocs/wordpress/, replace it with https://127.0.0.1/wordpress/.
    Click Save – Do not use Save as.”

    I did update the Site Address and WordPress Address to reflect the new host.

    nreschchd: Thanks for this tip. No, neither the paths for the images nor the paths for menu items are correct. The image path has defaulted back to the theme image even though I can see the images correctly in the database. ALSO, in some places the theme seems to be concatenating two versions of the path together, creating a path that doesn’t exist. I.e.:

    I’ve installed the site at c:\localhost\htdocs\wordpress-4.4\wordpress\. I’ve defined http:\\127.0.0.1 as c:\localhost\htdocs. When I updated the database export I changed my url (www.thehamptonswineclub.com) to “https://127.0.0.1/wordpress-4.4/wordpress. When I went into the page source as you recommended, I could see links to “https://127.0.0.1/wordpress-4.4/wordpress/c:/localhost/wordpress-4.4/wordpress/ …”

    I think I will try contacting WooThemes to see if there is something in the theme that is doing this as I don’t think it’s a WordPress issue.

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