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Thanks – that works perfectly now… and I don’t even have to do screenshots since someone already did it!!!

OK – so I’m back at this this morning and beginning to think that backing up the DB into a subdomain wasn’t the best way. Why? Well, I’m still having issues with the “test.domain.com/wp-admin” redirecting to “domain.com/wp-admin” The other thing is that when I copied the wp-content folder over (all plugins and templates) all hyperlinks on the test page link to the main domain. Logically this should not happen as the sidebar.php doesn’t point to “domain.com” specifically. I just can’t figure it out. So perhaps the redirects are all sitting in the DB somewhere. Just an FYI – I did follow all instructions above including the wp-config.php.

I was hoping to be able to do screenshots as a reference for anyone who wanted to try this, but if I don’t figure this out in the next hour, I’m going to plan B. Plan B is simply to export my posts and import them into “test.domain.com.” I’d manually configure the plug-ins and themes to match (mostly copying as well). If I ever get it to work, I’ll provide some screenprints and instructions for what I did.

If anyone has an idea about the cause of the redirects (that is easy to solve) let me know.

THANKS!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

ok – everything worked as planned – “domain.com” is intact (and heavily backed up using both automated and manual processes).

One glitch – “test.domain.com” exists. However, “test.domain.com/wp-admin” redirects me to “domain.com/wp-admin” I guess I missed one somewhere. Can you tell me where this is? and how do I fix it if I can’t get to the admin page? If I need to re-run the process, not a big deal – it was not labor intensive.

Thank You!!!

You guys are so fast it’s amazing. Thank you.

I assume the following will be straightforward? (just making sure DB names are correct and stuff)

“Overwrite new database with the old one (be careful with their names, cPanel overwrites based on filename)”

No, I use webhostingbuzz.com. Happened around 17-19:00 GMT. I’m not going to subscribe to a bug theory at the moment though – my other 2 wordpress blogs are up and running.

Going to see if I can copy some folders over to a subdomain and get a new install of WP. If I can redirect the traffic, at least the site will be accessible.

How I fix the connection problem to the DB is still a mystery to me though. Help??

So, my hosting service says the DB server is running and I need to check my DB setting and config settings. Can anyone tell me what these are? Should I just upload a new wp-config file?

Thanks!!