HELP: Moved blog now links don't work!

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by J_Dog, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. #1
    I had a blog hosted by Wordpress.

    I bought a domain and some hosting and did an export and import to copy the content over to the new blog.

    I did the domain mapping so that now if you type in the old domain name you get taken to the new domain name. So far so good.

    I got most of my visitors from a google image search that displayed an image on my blog.

    Now that I moved the blog the image is still being displayed in the image search but when you click on it a message is displayed:
    Is there anything to do to get this to direct to the new domain?

    Thanks.
     
    J_Dog, Jan 25, 2009 IP
  2. mizaks

    mizaks Well-Known Member

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    Is your permalink structure on the new site the same as the old site?

    Is the location of the image in a directory of the same name as it is listed in the blog post?
     
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  3. J_Dog

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    No, I'm pretty sure it isnt. How do I go about changing it?
     
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    myp Well-Known Member

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    You just need to update your .htaccess. Go to settings>permalinks and repick your structure and submit and it will show you what to copy/paste in your .htaccess (which goes in the root folder of the blog)
     
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  5. J_Dog

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    Thanks. It didnt tell me to copy/paste anything and it now appears to be re-directing ok.

    Hope it hasnt affected my ranking!

    Cheers.
     
    J_Dog, Jan 25, 2009 IP
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    myp Well-Known Member

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    Oh ok, your .htaccess file was probably writable.
     
    myp, Jan 25, 2009 IP