alienminds

Oh my… Well, thanks very much for your help, much appreciated.

Hi Fonglh
Firstly thank you very much for all your help and guidance. This should have worke but it phpMyAdmin doesn’t recognise the original database which means I must have deleted it somehow, yet retained the files??? I think that when you remove a dev site off DesktopSever it deletes the database and tables by the looks of things.

I don’t suppose I can access the text content thru any of the php pages can I. I think I may have royally messed up here.

All the best and thanks

Steve

…yes…

When I run my DesktopSever software I set up a root folder which was https://www.alienminds.co.uk. I deleted that connection which I can’t seem to re-establish to gain access…

Sorry deleted a bit before sending ignore last post and please read this one….

Trouble is, I’m not entirely sure I know what is meant by the “database”. I deleted the “www.alienminds.dev” form the local server. I have all the folders (wp-admin, wp-content etc) and files still. Is there a way of checking re the database?

Trouble is, I’m not entirely sure I know what is meant by the “database”. I deleted the “www.alienminds.dev”. I have all the folders (wp-admin, wp-content etc) and files still. Is there a way of checking re the database?

Hi Fonglh

I did a very silly thing, I installed DesktopSever to create the site locally all well and good. Once I finished I changed the .dev extentions to .co.uk ready for live hosting. I then did another silly thing and deleted the site off my DesktopServer.

Now it appears I need to offer the hosting company a mysqldump of the database???

i have tried so many things to try and re-install the site back into the local server but can’t…I’m at at a loss as to what to do next. So starting again seems my only option which isn’t so bad if I can access the text content I worked hard on to get just right.

Any advice greatly received.

All the best
Steve

Thank you…

Thank you for all your replies.

May I ask, will the fact that I changed the WordPress Address and Site Address URLs in the WP General Settings from .dev to .co.uk actually cause any problems when deploying files to a host provider to work on a live server?

Thank you for this Umbercode. I’m a bit new to all this. As I don’t have phpMyAdmin I’m trying the second choice…Are you saying I need to delete the code below and replace with your two lines? If not where do I place the two lines on the wp-config file ( I know how to access thru Dreamweaver).

// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘xxxxxxxxxx’);

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘xxxxxxxxxx’);

/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxxxxxxx’);

/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

Thanks