How to transfer a wordpress site to another server?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by scorpiox, Dec 24, 2008.

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    i am moving servers.. how can i move the site over to my new server?
     
    scorpiox, Dec 24, 2008 IP
  2. Astroman

    Astroman Well-Known Member

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    If you're moving between cpanel servers it's very easy, or even just moving to a cpanel server from a plesk server is sometimes okay. Do you know which type/s you have?
     
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  3. scorpiox

    scorpiox Active Member

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    i have cpanel and directadmin

    so directadmin to cpanel
     
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    InternetG33k Banned

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    Make a backup of your files and your database and then upload them to your new host. If you need help email me at globestar at rocketmail.com
     
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    Hm... as he said,do a backup of files... then transfer files to a new server...
    after that go to phpMyAdmin of your site and export database...
    then go on phpMyAdmin of your new website,create same db you had before and import
    the database...
     
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    JWRmedia Banned

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  7. Ganesh Kompella

    Ganesh Kompella Active Member

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    1) Log into Cpanel
    2) go to File manager
    3) Compress the entire folder and download it to your PC / laptop
    4) go to PhpMyadmin and select the database on which your WP website was working
    5) Export the entire MySQL file
    6) Log in to your new Cpanel
    7) Upload the zip file and extract it
    8) create a new database
    9) Edit the Config.php with the new database details
    10) Goto PHPmyadmin and select the new database , import the MySQL dump file into that

    Site is successfully transfered
     
    Ganesh Kompella, Dec 16, 2011 IP
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    i think the best way is full back up.

    than install the wordpress to new server and upload sql from cpanel.
     
    neoorog, Dec 18, 2011 IP
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    backup all of your files.
    Upload to the new host.
    backup all of your database in MySQL (via phpmyadmin).
    Import the database to the new one.
    modify the config.php
     
    chickenhs, Dec 20, 2011 IP