• genesis

    (@gmlogin)


    I’m a newbie to WordPress websites. Built a wordpress website running the Chameleon Theme from Elegant Themes. Used the Microsoft WebMatrix to access and build my website on my computer.

    Decided yesterday to take the site live for testing. Followed some instructions from Network Solutions (my host) on how to FTP my WordPress files and while I was able to install WordPress onto my server, I can no longer open the website on my local directory (through WebMatrix) to export the files. So now I cannot access the website anywhere!

    I can see all the files for my site on my computer. As far as I can tell, my wp-config file is fine, including the username, password, host, etc.:

    /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘database_name_here’);

    /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘username_here’);

    /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password_here’);

    /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

    /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

    /** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

    Can anyone help me? Is there a workaround? Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is making me crazy!

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    Have you reviewed Moving_WordPress?

    Thread Starter genesis

    (@gmlogin)

    Yes. I have. I followed the directions Network Solutions gave me to setup a database and directory on their server. Then I followed the WordPress tutorial to move my site. I changed the URL info to the new directory on the Network Solutions MySQL database (it was pointed at localhost before) and in the settings of my WordPress admin, but still nothing. I’ve noticed the link for the Velvet Blues plugin- do you think I should install it and search for different URLs in my files?

    In wp_options siteurl: http://www.riseyoga.com/rys_new
    Wordpress admin my WordPress address: http://www.riseyoga.com/rys_new
    Wordpress site address: http://www.riseyoga.com/rys_new

    Thanks.

    Thread Starter genesis

    (@gmlogin)

    I should mention, that the URL above shows the default theme. However, the website I’ve designed and uploaded to my website directory, looks nothing like that.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    I can’t see anything wrong with http://www.riseyoga.com/rys_new/ And it’s not using the default 2012 theme.

    Thread Starter genesis

    (@gmlogin)

    Oy! I’m not explaining myself very well.

    The website I built on my local drive is using the Chameleon theme, but I’ve filled it with content and modified it with CSS so looks very little like the the blank slate Chameleon template that is showing. It should look like this: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_xdFCeVVVpddXNBRDQtM2wxUW8/edit?usp=sharing

    In the wordpress dashboard, I can see all my modifications to the style.css, etc., but it’s not showing any of my changes when I visit my http://www.riseyoga.com/rys_new/ URL. I lost them somehow during the move to my server.

    Hope this makes more sense!

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    Just upload the theme files from local manually.

    Thread Starter genesis

    (@gmlogin)

    @seacoast Web Design Member

    Do you mean to upload the theme files using FTP? If so, I think that is what my host told me to do. I used FileZilla to upload my local files into my subdirectory file on my server.

    If that is not what you mean, can you please explain? I’m new to this and still learning the jargon! Thanks.

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    Do you mean to upload the theme files using FTP

    Yes, that is what I mean…or review how to sync your local and remote installs with WM.

    Thread Starter genesis

    (@gmlogin)

    I thought that is what you meant. Will I find the information on how to sync my installs in the Moving WordPress documentation? If not, can you point me in the right direction?

    I appreciate the help!

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    No…you will find it in the WM documentation.

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