transferring site from localhost to server

  • Resolved natmichal

    (@natmichal)


    10 years ago

    I built my wordress woocommerce site on local host and now I want it to go live.
    I got a server with a WP interface and the pages have been trasferred but not any of the woocommerce ocntent (products..) or settings. MEdia also did not transfer.
    Itried exporting all files from the local host and importing to the new site but I keept getting this message: The requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

    what should I do?
    and is there a way to transfer the files in a way that I do not have to do everything again from scratch (such as reinstalling pluggings ettings etc and all my products. Thank you

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  • RossMitchell

    (@rossmitchell)

    The essential instructions are here:
    codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

    These comments are in addition to what you find above:
    – Remember that the file wp-config.php is almost certainly different on the new host, DO NOT replace it.
    – Use filezilla to upload your files, some systems have problems with files being replaced, so the advice is to delete the files on the new host before uploading the new ones.
    – In addition to uploading the files, you have to transfer the database, moving wordpress addresses this issue.

    dxladner

    (@dxladner)

    natmichal,

    did you ever get your site up. Also when moving wordpress you will need to update your database wp_options table to point to the correct URL for your website. When you have your site local, the wordpress website URL will probably be something like this https://localhost/wordpressWooWebsite/. When you move your site to your hosting server you will need to change this value in the wp_options table to point to the new domain.

    Thread Starter natmichal

    (@natmichal)

    I got the site up..but in the end did most of the work manually since it’s still a small website and I needed to change stuff from the local host anyway.
    I also had other issues network related, but that’s not wp related ??

    Thanks to all.

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