Problems after transferring domain and site

Dear philiphotog,this is a .htacces issue,make sure that wordpress is installed in your webhosting root folder,login to the hosting space through FTP and find if there is any .htacces file,if u find then just delete it

Hi,

You do not need to delete the .htaccess file. Simply rename the file and see if that resolves the issue. Also, you may want to reset your permalinks if your URL has changed.

Kepp in mind that WordPress is URL specific so if you have moved a site from one URL to another you will need to update the site URL and home accordingly.

Thanks so much for helping. Ok, I found that file and renamed the it. Still the same problem.

All files are in a public_html folder and I have the domain pointing to that as a subdirectory. Should I try pointing to a file inside the public_html folder? Should I try moving the files into the root directory instead?

As for my other issues of not findingimages, how do I reset the permalinks. My url has not changed so perhaps this will not help in finding the images.

If you want wordpress to work on your domain name without a sub directory the files should be located in the root. When I visit the link:

https://www.philipthomasblog.com/2011/11/21/wedding-nicole-josh/

It shows me a domain landing page and not a site. When I go to:

https://www.philipthomasblog.com

It says there’s no index page to display in the folder. The public_html folder is your web root. Thats where the files should be. Was your site live? Are the nameservers pointed to the correct server?

Hi Tim,

Thanks again.

The nameservers are correct. I just transferred everything over to Fatcow.

I can access the admin area so I know that’s working and the site is live.

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but are you suggesting I move the files out of the public_html folder and move them into the root and have the domain without the sub directory?

No, I was suggesting that you make sure they are in the public_html folder which is your web root. When did you transfer the domain? It looks like it may be still propagating.

I transferred the domain and files Saturday evening. Is there a way to know if it is propagating?

As I mentioned, I can access the admin area without any problems. Is there a file in the public_html folder that I could try pointing the domain subdirectory to?

Also, I have an index.html in the root directory that is nothing to do with my blog. Should I try try moving that?

Yes, if you are using wordpress in the public_html folder and you have another file you’ll need to rename or remove it. I can look to see what nameservers are currently.

I have the nameservers set up as

ns1.fatcow.com
ns2.fatcow.com

and it was confirmed by my old host that they are pointing correctly.

I dont see the wordpress installation when I visit your domain at all. Actually, I get a page saying there’s no index files present. Did you update the site url and home settings to reflect the current domain?

The domain name hasn’t changed nor has the site url. I just transferred the domain to a new server.

I can access the wordpress admin her https://www.philipthomasblog.com/wp-login.php and enter my password and see the dashboard area as normal. I’m at a loss what to do.

Yeah, that works. just not the front facing stuff. Make sure you migrated all of the files and folders over, as well as the database. When you migrated the database, you should have created a new database and imported the contents.

Yes, I did do those.

I’m wondering if I should try again and upload via Fetch FTP all inside a zip folder this time and unload on the server. Not sure if I can do that, but maybe some of the files didn’t go through or something.

I did indeed import the database and create a new one. I noticed I have two databases. Should I remove one of them?

Nah, I wouldn’t remove anything just yet. I’d try to upload the files again to see if something was missed. I’ve done that before. Also, look in your file manager and see if there’s a index.php file in your public_html folder. When I visit the site it’s not finding an index file.

Yes, there is an index.php file in the public_html folder