Recovering blog WXR/XML file via CPANEL?

  • Hi, i switch hosting providers because i kept running out of bandwith on my old one, i got it turned back on to snag this file, but i cannot log in to export it, because when i log in it takes me to my ‘new’ setup blog with my new ISP.

    Is there a way to locate this export file via cpanel/MyPHPadmin of my old blog.

    Let me know if you can help

    thanks

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  • Hi

    contact your old host – there is always a “back door” server IP you can use to access the server – like 64.16.2.29/~username That will get you into Cpanel on the old server. But you need to ask your host how you, specifically, get in.

    Thread Starter tylerhollyfield

    (@tylerhollyfield)

    Oh, sorry i didnt explain that in my original post. I actually have accessed my cpanel. I am on it now, and i see the wp_posts, wp_comments, ect. The files that i need.

    How do i go about saving all this into a WXR/XML file? I can export them but they turn into a text file for me to copy and paste.

    Thread Starter tylerhollyfield

    (@tylerhollyfield)

    i got the wp_posts exported into a XML file, but i cannot import it because its not a WXR file. I don’t see a WXR export option on myphpAdmin.. .

    Steve

    (@stevejohnson)

    You’ll have to point your domain back to your old hosting account so that you can run wordpress. The file you’re looking for is only generated when you run the Export function from tools. It isn’t there all the time.

    The alternative is to copy all of your old database tables and move them to the new hosting account using phpMyAdmin.

    Here are the instructions for how to move the database from 1 server to another

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

    Thread Starter tylerhollyfield

    (@tylerhollyfield)

    awesome, thanks steve and stvwlf. I can figure it out from here!

    Thread Starter tylerhollyfield

    (@tylerhollyfield)

    what would be the easiest way to switch my domain back to my old web hosting?

    Do i just go in and change the DNS name server to my old ones? I did this and my url still takes me to my new webhosted blog.

    Thread Starter tylerhollyfield

    (@tylerhollyfield)

    it seems easy to just export/import the files using MyPHPAdmin..

    does anybody know how to go about this? or know where a guide is

    Hi

    You have to move an entire database – you can’t just extract posts from the posts database, because a post has entries in more tables than just the posts table, and they are all linked together with identifying keys. If you move only one table you will break the links to the parts of the information that are stored in the other tables (custom fields, categories and tags, to name a few).

    To move an entire database, read this:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

    To switch your domain back to the old server you just change the nameservers associated with the domain, at your domain registrar. Be aware it can take up to 12 – 24 hours for that change to be seen, even by you. Sometimes it happens in 15 or 30 minutes, but often it takes a number of hours.

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