Need major help with content!!!

  • I migrated my blog to another server and I think that my old hosting company gave me the wrong database because the content isn’t showing on my blog. It’s a little complicated so I’d need to get into details later if someone’s willing to help me. The old host isn’t being very cooperative at the moment so I don’t know what to do except for prove he gave me the wrong database. Can someone please help me!!! I have a lot of content that I’m missing and don’t know what to do!

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  • You might want to try the WP-Pro mailing list:
    https://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-pro

    Lee

    (@diondeville)

    If you have your database downloaded to your desktop you can open it as a comma separated values (csv) file using a text editor such as Kate or Notepad. Once you’ve opened it for editing you will be able to browse it and check whether your content is actually present (as-well-as check the details of the database you’ve been provided). Ensure you use the database provided by your previous host without any alterations.

    You might want to try the WP-Pro mailing list:
    https://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-pro

    just an fyi too, that list is populated by people that work for money. ??

    Sorry – should have mentioned that. It just sounds a little complex and something that might well benefit from some professional times.

    yah no worries, I dont know if youre on that list or not — theres just been a recent issue with someone on there that didnt quite get that fact, so i thought it worth mentioning.

    Yep -saw that one. ??

    If you have your database downloaded to your desktop you can open it as a comma separated values (csv) file using a text editor such as Kate or Notepad

    To clarify for Meishach, you can open .csv or .sql files this way (and some others). Its easy to break them if you try to edit things but you should be able to read the file enough to know whether you got the right database.

    Making a copy of the database’s sql dump file and then opening the copy in a text editor might be the safest way to proceed.

    Lee

    (@diondeville)

    Opening a copy of the original as a csv file is an easy way to regain your posts. They might be without formatting but you will at least be able to regain your textual content. Other options might exist but someone else will have to talk you through them.

    If it makes you feel any better, I’ve converted forums to blogs by trawling through databases opened as csv files. It looks more complicated than it is.

    If it makes you feel any better, I’ve converted forums to blogs by trawling through databases opened as csv files. It looks more complicated than it is.

    I’ve imported from .cvs into a ‘holding’ table using PhpMyAdmin’s import functions, then scripted the rest of the conversion. That’s how I’d do it if I had to do it again. There a number of ways to approach this.

    Lee

    (@diondeville)

    apljdi, I’m not yet so skilled to do it like that; but one day….

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