Moving site to new host – white screen

  • Resolved Stefan

    (@stefan83)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    Hi – I’m in the process of moving a WP site from one host to another. I have backed up all my files and exported the database from the old server via phpMyAdmin. I then used the one click install within the control panel of the new host to install WP which creates a new database for me. I then successfully imported the database into phpMyAdmin on the new server before follwing the installation steps to login to WP. I have also moved the wp-content folder over to the new server. I then get a white screen at the root of the domain and if I login to /wp-admin, I get forwarded to the old site admin interface.

    Can anyone tell me why this is?

    Thanks

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  • Stefan,

    Before you imported your data in phpMyAdmin, did you do a search and replace using TextEdit or Notepad? It sounds like you did everything almost right, purge your new database and import a version of the data but first:

    1) Open TextEdit
    2) Paste your SQL
    3) Search for “oldsite.com”, replace with “newsite.com”
    4) Copy SQL
    5) Paste into phpMyAdmin

    That should clear it up for you.

    Chris

    Thread Starter Stefan

    (@stefan83)

    Great! Thanks Chris. Sorted

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