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andrew slaughter
andrew slaughter

Reputation: 1117

migrating wordpress site to dev url

I'm sure this must be simple. I'm moving a wordpress site from one server to another. as a result i've set up a sub domain for it as a test url and copied the files over.

However all I get now is blank pages.

http://nicsroadtorecovery.anytimeafter9.co.uk/

can anyone give me any clues

thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 87

Answers (2)

flowdee
flowdee

Reputation: 633

My personal workflow for migrating a development into a live site looks like:

  1. Download the whole WordPress folder from your development system
  2. Export used database (suggesting MySQL dumper)
  3. Upload the WordPress files again on your live system
  4. Import database dump (with MySQL dumper again)
  5. Update wp-config.php with your new database settings (server, database, user, password)
  6. Finally: use the mighty Database Search & Replace Script like this: replace: "sandbox.mysite.com" with "mysite.com" and run!

That's how my WordPress site migration workflow runs and I really love the Database Search & Replace Script which updates the link structure even within used widgets.

Upvotes: 1

KodeFor.Me
KodeFor.Me

Reputation: 13511

You should also create a demo database, and thus you have to update your settings in wp-config.php.

First step is to copy all of your files from the production server in the developer server. Second step export the production database and import it in the developer server. Third step, you have to run the following SQL:

UPDATE {prefix}_options SET option_value = 'ENTER_HERE_YOUR_DEVELOPER_SITE_URL' WHERE option_name IN ('siteurl', 'home');

Fourth step, chenge the wp_config.php options, to meet the developer server MySQL information.

NOTE: The {prefix} is the tables prefix you have use for your installation. NOTE: The ENTER_HERE_YOUR_DEVELOPER_SITE_URL is the url of the home page in your developer installation

Upvotes: 0

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