new domain and redirecting

Hi caralynx,

Looks like the domain is working fine, but you have been using that IP address when working on the www.ads-software.com site. First, I would backup the database, then you will have to use PHPMyAdmin to change a few things in that database.

1. Click on the database, then run this SQL code to rename the home url and siteurl (This can also be done in wp-admin under Settings -> General):

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'https://66.147.244.55/~coralynx/', 'https://coralynxblog.com/') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';

2. Replace the guid

UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'https://66.147.244.55/~coralynx/','https://coralynxblog.com/');

3. Replace posts or pages that use old url

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'https://66.147.244.55/~coralynx/', 'https://coralynxblog.com/');

Add www. to your domain if you want the url to be https://www.coralynxblog.com/

I’ve done this many times. The instructions was from https://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-move-wordpress-blog-to-new-domain-or-location/. Good luck!

EDIT:

Since the same domain name was used on wordpress.com, you will only need to install a redirection plugin (https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/redirection/) on the new site to redirect old url to new url.

You can see the old urls by searching this on google.com “site:coralynxblog.com”

Thank you phe.le
I got the new site to work on the coralynxblog.com address but what about the new domain I want to use?
the new domain already purchased is freecarnation.com

I redirected coralynxblog to free carnation but that was a mistake obviously. I deleted the redirection but when I type “coralynxblog.com” I still end up at “freecarnation.com” which has no website linked to it. ..
How do I get my coralynxblog.com as it was (all new made on www.ads-software.com: https://66.147.244.55/~coralynx/ ) on the new address FreeCarnation.com?

I hope your host can help you with this if you’re not experienced with moving WordPress sites. But here is how you do it:

1. Add FreeCarnation.com as an addon domain to your cPanel
2. Copy the WordPress all files in the root folder to your FreeCarnation.com folder.
3. Make a copy of the database and follow the instructions to change the url. Replace https://coralynxblog.com/ with https://freecarnation.com/

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'https://66.147.244.55/~coralynx/', 'https://freecarnation.com/') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';

UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'https://66.147.244.55/~coralynx/','https://freecarnation.com/');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'https://66.147.244.55/~coralynx/', 'https://freecarnation.com/');

I can probably help you real quick, if you’re not able to do this.