Thank you for your response, those are some helpful items, I was just trying to figure out how to update my permalinks.
In a new twist since I wrote this post, I figured out that not all the files in my wp-content folder had actually uploaded when I tried to FTP the whole blog to my new site. So now, I no longer have a blank page problem.
I’ve used your codes for the config file and that has helped tremendously to make the links stay on my new site.
I think I’m getting there, thanks!!