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Thanks to q292u, I just moved my site from GoDaddy to Hostgator and had almost no trouble. I’m reposting the process with slightly more detail for those who follow.

1. Backup all files from existing site, with via FTP
2. Backup the database, using the SQL backup utility in the control panel of your hosting account. This will produce a xxx.SQL file. Download it to your desktop computer.
3. Create the new hosting account.
4. Note the new FTP and DATABASE login details.
5. Change the nameserver entries at the registrar to point to the
hosting servers of the new site.
6. Wait until DNS servers propogate the new location (I waited overnight, but it is usually stable within a few hours)
7. Log into the control panel of the new site.
8. Install WordPress using Fantastico.
9. Log into the admin dashboard of the new site (xxx\wp-admin) to initialize database tables.
10. Connect to new site with FTP client
11. Make a copy of wp-config.php as a safety backup.
This contains the new database connection.
12. Upload all files saved from step 1 EXCEPT for wp-config.php,
overwriting all matching files and directories.
If you screw up and overwrite wp-config.php, restore from
step 11 above.
13. From new site control panel start phpMyAdmin SQL manager
14. Select new database
15. Start the Import process, and select the file saved in step 2

When the SQL import is finished, your site should be functional.

How can I change the position of the dropdown box from “Servicii”? Is seems it should be a bit lower. With IE it looks ok, but with Mozilla it appears to high.

The distance from the Servicii menu to the drop down menu list underneath is identical on my computer — using both Firefox 4 and IE9.

Props to Wayne for sending you valuable links, but I think that with your current skill level, you needs fewer things to worry about.

If you have a hosting account with GoDaddy, HostGator, or a similar company that provides a full CPanel for you, you have the use of Fantastico for free as part of the host account. Fantastico will allow you to install WordPress (and a lot of other software) with just a few clicks.

Once you have it installed, you log into the back end using this kind of web address: https://yoursitename.com/wp-login.php

I could not find a “NETEMBERG.COM” or “NETEMBERG” using Google, so I don’t know what to tell you about them.

I would try a clean install of WordPress after removing everything from the site. Back up your content using the Export function first.

If the clean install works, add your plugins one at a time, checking the site after each one. It could be that one of your plugins is not compatible with the version of WP that you are using.

You may need to repost, giving us details about error messages and what EXACTLY is working or not working… so that we can give your problem more attention.

Michael

Do you have a Linux hosting account that you can test with? Installing WP on a standard host account is easy through the control panel (using Fantastico) and, here’s the point, it would eliminate any issues on your PC as part of the problem.

Tom,

The “copy” operation may have brought old URL’s with it.
We will need some more specifics around “will not accept any changes” in your description above. If you are getting errors, share them.
If the updates don’t give errors but they simply do not appear on the site, that would lend credence to my theory that the new site is referencing the old site.

Try to make sure there are no old URL’s in use via this plugin and then report back:
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/

Michael

When the host account was created, you may have automatically received a default “index.htm” page that contains the “coming soon” message.

Use an FTP client to attach to the domain and examine the public_html directory. If you find a file called “index.htm” or “index.html” there, rename it to have a different extension (like ‘xxx’) and see what happens.

Michael

My experience is on HostGator servers, so factor that into the answer.

Since you can change the domain name later, can you just pick something that is temporary to satisfy the installer? I have done this in the past for prospects who already had a domain name — and I just used their domain name for the install… even though their nameservers were not pointing to the new hosting account yet.

I also have a few “temporary” domain names that I can use to build sites with like “sitemast-XXX.info” where XXX is the type of site I am working on. This approach also makes it easy for clients and prospects to view the demo of a working in-progress site.

Michael

I wonder if the problem might be literal paths that still point to the old server? That’s one thing to check, anyway.

You can use this plugin to find out:
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/

Run it for search-only and see if there are any hard-coded URL’s from the old domain name.

Michael

Deactivating your plugins is a good start.

To get more help from the community, please add some details:

1. What gallery plugin did you install? Be specific about the name and the version you are using.

2. Identify the theme you have installed.

3. When you say “some of the nav menu items” — are you talking about pages in the main menu or additional links inside a widget… tell us exactly.

Screen shots and links are helpful too because a visual input gives us much more information.

Michael