N00bish transfer issue

  • Resolved jmach

    (@jmach)


    16 years, 6 months ago

    I recently wanted to move my wordpress blog from one domain to another so I backed up my wp_content folder and database (stupidly I forgot to backup my mnt folder but thats not too important for me).
    I installed wordpress on the new site and copied across the wp_content folder from the backup. Next I used phpmyadmin to import my database.
    The problem I’m having is that my site keeps going down after a few minutes (it just says page not found). Even when its up all the links point to the old site rather than the new one so I have no themes etc. loaded. I have changed the path under options but it makes no difference.
    I tried installing a new install of wordpress and this works fine and stays up.
    What am I doing wrong when I import?

    Thanks in advance for any replies.

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  • Instead of exporting and importing data through phpmyadmin, you may want to try exporting WP data with an export plug-in. It should go smoothly in this way. You will probably need to fix article order and also add blogroll links manually, I think.

    Good luck

    Why don’t you just export the post and comments tables and import those tables into the new database? Plus any plugin tables you are using.

    Thread Starter jmach

    (@jmach)

    Thanks for the replies. Is there any plug-in you would particularly recommend?
    I only have a .sql file so can no longer export only those tables. Unless there is a way to edit this file?

    I only have a .sql file so can no longer export only those tables. Unless there is a way to edit this file?

    Have you opened it? Open it in a text editor.

    Thread Starter jmach

    (@jmach)

    Yes I have but its like 20 pages long. How would I edited out the tables i don’t want? There are no carriage returns, its just one long jumble of stuff.

    Thread Starter jmach

    (@jmach)

    Managed to get it up and running. Just in case anyone else has this problem, I did the following.

    1) Installed wordpress in the original location.
    2) Installed https://technosailor.com/2006/07/05/wordpress-to-wordpress-import/ and made xml back up.
    3) Installed wordpress in new location.
    4) Imported the xml file.

    No attachments but it works!

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