Going Insane - Bought Wordpress Blog but spent 10 hours trying to transfer! Help plz!

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    Hi guys,

    I'm at my wits end. I guess it will get easier as this is the first wordpress blog I have bought and also my first experience with wordpress full stop!

    So the story goes - I just bought a wordpress blog. Transfered everything over to my host...actually not everything. I was told only the wp-content file was needed to be transfered.

    So i did this...but all I get when I try to log in to the site now is the "hello world" single post - So I did some more research and found out I needed to transfer the sellers database over too. So, I did that and exported his database into my wordpress database and all seemed well...but now I can't login to my wordpress admin area! Argh!

    I then went to the wordpress database and foolishly (as I had no clue what I was doing) and went to wp_users and edited the username and password fields. That hasn't worked either.

    Now I'm stuck...any idea's? :(

    Thanks a bunch in advance

    Much appreciated

    Altug
     
    Altug, Dec 30, 2009 IP
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    addlinkurl Well-Known Member

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  3. Altug

    Altug Active Member

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    Kool thanks :)

    Do you think that is the problem then or is that a suggestion? I feel like I've ran in one big, 10 hour, circle today lol

    Thanks for your help I'll give that a try
     
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    Altug Active Member

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    addlinkurl, you're the best.

    Hopefully that has solved it and I've learnt a verrrry long lesson in how to transfer a WP blog lol

    Thanks a million

    Altug
     
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    When you transfer a blog you need to get all the posts to your database.

    Posts are stored in a mysql database.

    You need to export the table wp_posts from the original blog in sql format, and import that sql into your new blank wordpress database.

    You probably will want to just export and import ALL the tables, not just wp_posts.

    Then you will need to go into your /blog/wp_config.php file on you own wordpress installation and make sure the database you setup and imported all that information to is being pointed to within the settings.

    That should be a start on your journey.
     
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