I decided to ask this here, as I'm sure many of you have transfered Wordpress sites from host to host. What I'm doing is just that. I want to switch hosts. So, here's what I did: - Updated my site to the latest version of wordpress. - Installed the same version of wordpress on my new host, then deleted the database - Backed up my sites database and wp-content files - Uploaded the wp-content files to the new host - Uploaded database backup to new host I didn't swicth the domain nameservers yet, however. I want to make sure it's working first, good thing, because apparently it's not. When I go to the new host, where all the new wordpress files are, it redirects to my old host with the domain. Might be confusing, maybe an example. http://myothersite.com/siteonthenewhost.com redirects to http://siteontheoldhost.com Might have made it more confusing, lol. Sorry. Hope you get it. Anyway, what's going on? Or is this supposed to happen? Should I just switch the nameservers?
this will happen because of 301 redirect/mysql database pointing to old server. hope you changed database settings in wp-config.. just change nameservers and it will all be OK... probably
Hey. Yeah, wp-config and everything is great. I installed the new wordpress site there before I uploaded my backup, so apparently it works.
Ah I got it. I went into the database and manually changed the siteurl and home values to point to the new location. The reason I didn't want to change the nameservers is because I want to bug proof the site first. Second, I don't even own the domain atm, my friend does. I'm going to be getting it from him soon. Thanks for the help though, guys.