Help with Wordpress Import

Help!

I'm moving a Wordpress blog from one domain to another. I did an export from the old location and imported it in the new, but it missed one post - the second most recent.

So here's my question. I did another export from the old location. If I import that to my new location, I'll duplicate all the posts that did make it the first time, right?

Can I delete everything except this post in the XML document before I import it to the new location?

Or, since it's just one post, I could easily copy it into the new location if I could only find a way to manually change the post date.

Thank you for any help you can provide!

Coleen

 

There are several ways to go about doing this, but if it is really only one post then copy/pasting the post would probably be easiest. You can change the time in Wordpress by hitting edit next to publish immediately and changing the date.

 

I agree with myp, copy and pasting would be the easiest way to do this.

 

Export and import option helps for posts, comments and categeirs of one particular user in your Blog.

In wordpress every post is assigned to a user name. Check the user name for the posts. You may possibly losse little bit on SEO when you exercise only export option.

Best way is to do Host Cpanel to Cpanel movement. Or Database to Database movement, followed by all support file movements with identical folder names and .htaccess.

Let me know if you have problem. I have done many in the past for my customers in my Hosting service http://www.hexahsot.com/

 

easiest way to move wordpress :

backup wp-content, any edited files, logo, mysql database of old host
change DNS to new host
add Addon domain to your cpanel.
Install wordpress with fantastico
go to phpmyadmin - drop all the tables
import the old database
import wp-content and other modified files from old host

all done.

 

Exactly there will be little hitches to patch up.

1. DB name should match in both the posts
2. folder names should match

The best approach i ever followed, take DB place it in the new host. Change the old hosts wp-config to look for new host DB. do DNS changes. With this approach contents created during propagation time will also be up to date.

If you are a pro-blogger you need this approach. For one of my customer http://www.blogbloke.com/ i used this method.

 

no, you are not.. because we are installing a new wordpress with new db on the new host..

 

Thank you, thank you! It worked perfectly. I just assumed that Wordpress wouldn't let me backdate a post, but it did!