WordPress website migration problem

  • I am configuring my website on localhost. I installed XAMPP and followed the below steps.

    1. Downloaded all files through FTP to local machine
    2. Export the database from live server to local machine
    3. Copied all the files to htdocs folder in XAMPP
    4. Imported the database file in PHPMyAdmin

    The website is working but not completely. So far I came across the below errors. Everything is working fine on the live website.

    1. Website footer is missing. Under the footer it says “Marketing\xampp\htdocs\graphixide\wp-content\themes\twentyten\sidebar.php on line 357”

    2. Contact Form on the homepage is not working it says “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in G:\Digital”

    3. Homepage is working but all the other pages are showing this error:
    “Object not found!
    The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring page seems to be wrong or outdated. Please inform the author of that page about the error.
    If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
    Error 404″

    Why there are errors popping up when I have done everything correctly.

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  • You left out a very important part of the migration. You have to change all the entries in the database to stop pointing to the web sites previous host.

    Easiest way to do this using a php script called searchreplacedb.

    Google it and you’ll be fine!

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