transfer website from localhost to web

  • Resolved sheldon.sc

    (@sheldonsc)


    13 years, 10 months ago

    I worked on a website and now want to upload it online. This is my first time working on wp. The database name was different on the localhost. I used database name ‘wordpress’. I am using someone else’s hosting service and they have given me a database name online which is different ‘xyz_wordpress’.
    I changed the params for the wp-config file according the the online database username and password. I exported my database from my local database and imported it to the online hosting database.
    Now my home page online opens up. But whenever I click on any of the menu links it takes me to the link http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/?page_id=67 and not the actual page. Its like it I lost all the links to the posts???!!!
    Am I missing out something?
    Any help will be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks

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  • jnhghy

    (@jnhghy)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,
    For info about moving wordpress check this codex page.
    At this point you haven’t changed the site address in the database so you need to access the database using a sql client (usually phpmyadmin) go to the *_options table and search for “siteurl” as option_name next to that at this point you will see 127.0.0.1 (this was set so you can access the site on your localhost) edit the option_value and set it as your domain name. This should do it.
    Regards

    andiszek

    (@andiszek)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    if your localhost allows ZIP archiving, try to use the free “Duplicator” plugin. it works like a charm to me. it takes max 4-5Minutes to transfer a whole site to a new server

    if the localhost does not allow ZIP archiving, you have to enable it. i`m not sure how to do it, but check on google.

    Thread Starter sheldon.sc

    (@sheldonsc)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks I have updated the siteurl but the posts still are referring to the 127.0.0.1/wordpress/?page_id=67 🙁
    I have a home, about us, contact us and service page.
    The homepage since I am testing is ‘http://sitename/wordpress/
    The images don’t link either 🙁

    I will try the Duplicator plugin and see how things go.

    Thanks

    Thread Starter sheldon.sc

    (@sheldonsc)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    False alarm. Thanks jnhghy. I guess your suggestion worked (partly). 🙂
    I had to change one more setting. I logged into the admin and followed the instructions from the site you suggested for settings ‘On Your Existing Server’

    Go to the Administration > Settings > General panel.
    In the box for WordPress address (URI): change the address to the new location of your main WordPress core files.
    In the box for Site address (URL): change the address to the new location, which should match the WordPress (your public site) address (URI).
    Click Save Settings.

    Thank you for your help and quick reply 🙂

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