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  07/10/10
  4:12am
  Svilen Popov says:

  Change your wp-config.php in the old site to point to the database on the new site - host, database, user, password

  • 07/10/10 4:14am
    
    Svilen Popov says:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

  • 07/10/10 4:15am
    
    Svilen Popov says:

    also run this SQL queries:
    
    

    UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'http://www.old-domain.com','http://www.new-domain.com');

    
    
    

    UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'http://www.old-domain.com', 'http://www.new-domain.com');

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  07/10/10
  4:14am
  Agent Wordpress says:

  See this,
  
  http://yoast.com/move-wordpress-blog-domain-10-steps/
  
  It has all the steps you need. You want to move from sitename.com/blog to sitename.com so basically you are moving to a 'new' domain. The page above also describes the changes you have to make in wp-config.php file. I am here so if you still have any doubt, just leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

  Previous versions of this answer: 07/10/10 at 4:14am
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  07/10/10
  4:16am
  Monster Coder says:

  Hello,
  You better copy the whole blog directory contents to the new server. Then copy the database and restore using phpMyAdmin as you planned and update the siteurl and home.
  After that update the wp-config.php in the new server.
  
  Then you upgrade the blog to latest version on your new server!
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  07/10/10
  4:28am
  Ehthisham tk says:

  Also do this
  open your sql file in any editor and press Ctrl +F (find) olddomain and replace all those with the newdomain.
  >>you better to turn off all the plugins before moving
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  07/11/10
  1:18pm
  Rashad Aliyev says:

  May I help you?
  
  
  
  I'm glad to help you!

  Previous versions of this answer: 07/11/10 at 1:18pm
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  07/10/10
  4:40am
  Jignesh Patel says:

  Hello,
  
  On the old server, disable all plugins. Take a backup of whole wordpress directory except the plugins.
  
  Upload the whole backedup wordpress directory to new server (You have already done i guess)
  
  Now make sure, you dont run the blog on new server without setting DB & wp-options in DB.
  
  Then via phpMyAdmin set the db via your .sql
  
  Then update wp-options in DB for site-url & home
  
  Update the wp-config.
  
  Then open the blog admin (Make sure you don't open front end) on new server. If all goes well, upload all the plugins one by one & check & make them active one by one.
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  07/10/10
  5:05am
  Nile Flores says:

  GoDaddy to Bluehost....ugh... why!?!?! Both suck as webhosts. You are better about with HostGator or WordPress Hosting. Above one of the answers are the best (the first one for moving), but I really believe BlueHost is a terrible host. I have a dedicated servier with Host Gator and I have a lot of clients moving frantically from BlueHost.
  
  When you move to a new webhost as a shared or reseller account holder, you need to ask if the server is geared to support WordPress. Why? -Because some webhosts do not offer opening up the php mod rewrite as well as other features that are necessary for WordPress, and even for those who eventually install the BuddyPress plugin.

  Previous versions of this answer: 07/10/10 at 5:05am | 07/10/10 at 5:05am
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  07/10/10
  7:33am
  Kazi Shaiduzzaman says:

  Yes you can.
  
  You should use new config.php as here some up-gradation done. On new config.php you may check the dbname or others if its not ok.
  
  Now you will export selected tables from old host as you already have a installed WP. so you will omit wp_users and wp_usermeta. for wp_comments (if not required then exclude it also as iit may cause size bigger by spam comments) you can remove all unapproved comments it may save lot of space by just a sql command.
  
  

  Now You need to edit on your exported SQL file which is most important. Please open it any light weighted editor like wordpad or others if the sql file large size, then you need to replace all all domainname.com/blog(without trailing slash) with the just domainname.com

  
  
  Now go to domainname.com/wp-admin to check
  
  
  Reply me if more required.
  Thanks

  Previous versions of this answer: 07/10/10 at 7:32am | 07/10/10 at 7:33am

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