How do I restore my WordPress posts after transferring web hosts?
iain’s mom asked:
I just transferred web hosts and am in the process of getting everything settled into the new host. I am now trying to transfer my WordPress blog to its new location at the new host. I saved all of my wordpress files on my desktop prior to transferring anything so that I wouldn’t lose any of my posts and I still have access to my previous host so if anything goes wrong…I still have my blog intact somewhere.
This is what I have done so far…I created a new database on the new web host and changed a copy of wp-config.php (so as not to lose the original) to reflect the new database. I FTPed all the wordpress files to the new location and when I went to the site online, it said that wordpress wasn’t installed. This didn’t seem odd since I moved the location so I re-installed it…figuring I couldn’t lose anything since I have all the files. Now, I do not know how to restore my posts. Are they not there because I changed the database? or is there something else? I couldn’t keep the same database name because my new host requires username.databasename instead of just databasename. Does this mean I can’t restore my posts? If you need more information, just ask. Thanks in advance!
I wanted to add that I really don’t know too much about databases and the like. My previous host was yahoo small business and my new one is justhost.com. I don’t know how to export a database so if anyone knows how to do that in Yahoo Small Business, that would be a great help, too. I went to the File Manager and there is a link “Open Database Utilities” so I went there because it said “database” and that brought me to a page with “MySQL Database Status” and a bunch of links including ones to backup, repair, restore the database. Do I want to backup the database? Or am I in completely the wrong place? If I do want to backup the database, do I want to backup the entire folder that my wordpress files are in or what? I don’t really understand what I’m doing. Sorry for all the questions but hopefully it makes sense to someone.
I don’t think I want to backup the database because I just tried that and all it did was give me a .gar.tz file, which, when opened, created 3 folders and tons of files, none of which end in .sql.
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