2ninerniner2

That’s all, you’re done!!!

Not quite ??

– log into the WP dashboard on the new location and install and run this plugin to update the URLs (menu links, media paths, etc.):

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/

— select all options EXCEPT the last option (GUID)

– there may be URLs stored in the database as serialized strings so I always run this script to handle those (the above plugin does not do them):

https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

– after running the plugin and optionally the script, go to Settings > Permalinks and just Save.

Now you’re done ??

@phild11 –

Where are you trying to copy it to? It sounds as though you want a copy of your existing WP on the same hosting account. If so, here’s how (you have done some already ??

– export the existing db
– create a new, empty db and import the exported file into it
– edit the siteurl and home fields of the wp-options table in the new db with the new location; e.g. given the existing site is:

https://www.domain.com

… and you are making a copy of it in a folder on your hosting account named /sitecopy, then it’s:

https://www.domain.com/sitecopy

– create this folder in the root of your hosting account (public_html)
– COPY all the files and folders in the root of your account to this folder (given that the root is where your existing WP site is located)
– edit the wp-config.php file in /sitecopy with the new db connection details (only thing that should change, or have to be changed, is the db name; user, pwd and host should (can be) the same)
– log into the sitecopy dashboard with :

https://www.domain.com/sitecopy/wp-admin

– install and run this plugin to update the URLs to the new location:

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/

— select all options EXCEPT the last one (GUID)

– once that is done, go to Settings > Permalinks and just Save

Using your hosting account cPanel, you can then, if you want, create either a sub domain which points to this new folder, (e.g. copy.domain.com) or you can create and Add on Domain, using a new domain name.

@mazedul Islam Khan –

If your domain was pending for verification then how did you logged into your HostGator host? I believe you did log in with IP.

One can always log into their HG account without an active domain. When you set up your hosting at HG, you receive an email with the link, which is the form of https://gatorXXXX.hostgator.com/cpanel.

@winstanlaw –

You do not need to uninstall WP. If you already did, no worries, just use the QuickInstall to install it again.

What you DO need to do is go over to your account at CrazyDomains and change the nameservers on your domain to the nameservers of your HG account. These values can usually be found in the left side panel of your cPanel, towards the bottom, and are in the form of:

nsxxxx.hostgator.com
nsxxxy.hostgator.com

They are also in the initial email you received from HG when you set up the account.

Be advised that it can take up to 48 hours for this change to become completely effective and for you to be able to access your WP site from your domain URL. This is normal.

If you have any problems doing so, contact the support at CrazyDomains:

https://www.crazydomains.com/help/

Have a read through this:

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

Also, as any theme from Themeforest is a commercial theme, please contact them for support for their theme.

Glad to hear you got it sorted. However, this is yet another example of how things can go pear shaped when manually creating the config file as suggested in the installer dialog.

In my literally 100s of installations on numerous remote and local servers, I have yet to encounter an issue when using the ‘Create a Configuration File’ option ??

If you are still getting the db connection error, then that means one or both of two things:

– the connection details are incorrect
– the db server is not running

Some suggestions:

– one thing I noticed in the vid is that he did not say to save the wp-config file after editing it; at 5:58 he says to just exit out of the editor; however, you can see – and hear – that he did a keyboard save as the tab in NP++ changed from red to blue; so I hope you didn’t follow the audio instructions to the word and that you did in fact save the changes! ??

– verify again that the connection details are exactly as the ones that were generated when you created the db; make sure you are using the password that you entered when creating the DATABASE

– if you still get the error after checking all this, perhaps contact their support.

Remember, all it takes for this to NOT work is something as simple as one space where it’s not supposed to be ??

Note also that you can edit the wp-config.php from the control panel.

From the Main screen, click the “Another File Manager” icon:

– double click the public_html folder
– single click the wp-config.php file to select it
– click the Edit link in the left sidebar under File and Folder Tasks
– triple check the values! ??
– when you are sure they are correct, click the “Opslaan en afsluiten” (Save & Exit) link in the upper left

At 2:54 in the vid, he says to save the information created for the database connection … did you do this? ??

Also note that the generated info has double quotes for the values; however, when you copy and paste into the wp-config file, use ONLY the actual data and NOT the double quotes! There are single quotes already supplied in the wp-config file and that is what HAS to be there, no spaces on either end. The values must look like what Rajat has shown.

Triple check your file that this is in fact how it is set up ??

That is because you are referring to a theme that is available only on WordPress.COM ??

See here for the difference:

https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

This forum is for self-hosted sites using the WordPress software from www.ads-software.com ??

To what do you refer? A theme? Plugin?

No results for “Sketch” in either on www.ads-software.com.

@bellisama –

You are correct; that theme does in fact add it’s own “Home” menu item … some how ??

That said, I would strongly suggest using a different theme, reasons being:

– the Brownline theme has not been updated since 2008-11-12
– as such, there is a high possibility that there is a conflict with the latest WP as per the warning notice on the theme page:

!This theme hasn’t been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.

– the theme is not responsive, that is, it will not display on mobile devices in the manner that has become expected for modern web sites.

@jerrymuma – as per forum rules, please start your own thread ??

If you used HostGator’s (HG) auto install (QuickInstall), then you should have received an email with the log in credentials. Additionally, upon completion of the install, the completion screen also has your log in credentials presented.

If this install was to the root of your hosting account, that is to say, that this is the primary domain for the account, then it could be a matter of your hosting account/domain not have being fully propagated.

I later determined that the cause of the problem was that the site had no record of my username, password, or e-mail.

Where are you attempting this login? Is it at:

https://www.your_domain_name.com/wp-admin ?

By the sounds of it, example.com is the primary domain for the hosting account and would “normally” be in the web root.

For xyz.com, just set it up as an Add on Domain.

UPME is a commercial plugin and as such, is not supported on this forum.

Please contact the plugin vendor for support:

https://themefluent.com/bb/