Comments on: How to move WordPress site to another server with zero downtime http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime Web 2.0, Web Analytics, WordPress SEO Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:10:06 -0600 hourly 1 By: Andyhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-2#comment-16577 Andy http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-16577 Very useful info on here as this process is full of pitfalls for the unwary. Just be sure to trace your steps so that you can always return. Very useful info on here as this process is full of pitfalls for the unwary. Just be sure to trace your steps so that you can always return.

]]> By: bisnis internethttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-2#comment-15897 bisnis internet http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-15897 Thanks for sharing good information, i learn how to move wordpress here.Keep posting. Thanks for sharing good information, i learn how to move wordpress here.

Keep posting.

]]> By: Deltonhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-2#comment-14617 Delton http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-14617 I have changed servers and I've changed the wp_config.php but I still can open my blog nor can I get admin to open. All I get is a blank page. Anybody have any suggestions I have changed servers and I've changed the wp_config.php but I still can open my blog nor can I get admin
to open. All I get is a blank page. Anybody have any suggestions

]]> By: Seth Goldsteinhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-2#comment-14514 Seth Goldstein http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-14514 So will this work if I want all the widgets and plugins and settings to remain the same? I want to be able to just move it over to another server and have it be the same as it was on the previous server. Is this possible. So will this work if I want all the widgets and plugins and settings to remain the same? I want to be able to just move it over to another server and have it be the same as it was on the previous server. Is this possible.

]]> By: Thorsten Albrechthttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-2#comment-14021 Thorsten Albrecht http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-14021 Before I could activate my migrated wordpress installation (I just duplicated my installation on the same server) I had to change the value 'siteurl' in the database table "wp-options" by hand. Otherwise I would have been redirected to the old wordpress installation.Thorsten Before I could activate my migrated wordpress installation (I just duplicated my installation on the same server) I had to change the value 'siteurl' in the database table "wp-options" by hand. Otherwise I would have been redirected to the old wordpress installation.

Thorsten

]]> By: Make Money Easy Onlinehttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-2#comment-13731 Make Money Easy Online http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-13731 Hi Guys.I am just wondering. Will it be possible to install a fresh copy of Wordpress and over write the new database with old database?Care must ensure that both copies of the Wordpress MUST be of the same version to prevent conflicts?I am going to change server soon and it is getting me paranoid with so many suggestions and ways to move a Wordpress blog. Hi Guys.

I am just wondering. Will it be possible to install a fresh copy of Wordpress and over write the new database with old database?

Care must ensure that both copies of the Wordpress MUST be of the same version to prevent conflicts?

I am going to change server soon and it is getting me paranoid with so many suggestions and ways to move a Wordpress blog.

]]> By: charliehttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-2#comment-13604 charlie http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-13604 i have recently aquired a new domain name for a different site i want to start, now i have been thinking of using my pc at home as a temporary server to install wordpress onto and get the look of it right before i let the new site "go live to the world" as it were. now if i move my files over to a new server, when i am ready, can i delete all the files on my pc(server) at home without it having any effect on the functionality of my new site??? in oher words once the files are on the new server, does it matter or not if the old one"my pc" is offline/no longer working/sold for spare parts.....? i have recently aquired a new domain name for a different site i want to start, now i have been thinking of using my pc at home as a temporary server to install wordpress onto and get the look of it right before i let the new site "go live to the world" as it were. now if i move my files over to a new server, when i am ready, can i delete all the files on my pc(server) at home without it having any effect on the functionality of my new site??? in oher words once the files are on the new server, does it matter or not if the old one"my pc" is offline/no longer working/sold for spare parts.....?

]]> By: Iodus Blog » Moving WordPresshttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-1#comment-13036 Iodus Blog » Moving WordPress http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-13036 [...] How to move WordPress site to another server with zero downtime [...] [...] How to move WordPress site to another server with zero downtime [...]

]]> By: Bobhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-1#comment-11414 Bob http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-11414 I did all that and yet my categories and posts still point to old server. Dis I miss something? Everything else goes to new server. I did all that and yet my categories and posts still point to old server. Dis I miss something? Everything else goes to new server.

]]> By: Jimhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-1#comment-11333 Jim http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-11333 What awesome help this would be, if I could make it work. Do you know of anything else that might keep my WP install from connecting to my new dedicated server?I've created and imported the database and user with full access on our new box. I edited my wp_config with the correct details including new host name. I enabled the cPanel option to allow Remote MySQL access to the new server.My site and forums currently reside on a 1and1 shared hosting account. The old/current database resides on some 1and1 server at mydb.perfora.net (not localhost), so I <em>should</a> easily be able to run from mynewdb.mynewbox.net ... alas, I only get "Error Connecting to Database".One suggestion was that 1and1 may blocking the connection from that end. All ideas welcome. Thanks! What awesome help this would be, if I could make it work. Do you know of anything else that might keep my WP install from connecting to my new dedicated server?

I've created and imported the database and user with full access on our new box. I edited my wp_config with the correct details including new host name. I enabled the cPanel option to allow Remote MySQL access to the new server.

My site and forums currently reside on a 1and1 shared hosting account. The old/current database resides on some 1and1 server at mydb.perfora.net (not localhost), so I should easily be able to run from mynewdb.mynewbox.net ... alas, I only get "Error Connecting to Database".

One suggestion was that 1and1 may blocking the connection from that end. All ideas welcome. Thanks!

]]> By: Jae Junhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-1#comment-11163 Jae Jun http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-11163 Thanks for the tip.. Looking to switch as soon as possible. My current dead beat host has been down 8+ hours 2 days in a row.FYI for anyone interested, never go with Strikedata.com Thanks for the tip.. Looking to switch as soon as possible. My current dead beat host has been down 8+ hours 2 days in a row.

FYI for anyone interested, never go with Strikedata.com

]]> By: My Life Thinkinghttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-1#comment-10960 My Life Thinking http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-10960 This is great, I have moved my blog and connected it to another database, thanks! This is great, I have moved my blog and connected it to another database, thanks!

]]> By: weight loserhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-1#comment-10743 weight loser http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-10743 Gee thanks, I must learn how to do that because I need to move my blog to a better server :-) Gee thanks, I must learn how to do that because I need to move my blog to a better server :-)

]]> By: wvengenhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-1#comment-9923 wvengen http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-9923 This has one downside: when users dns' isn't updated yet and they visit the old site and update the site, these changes are not reflected on the new location. There are two remedies: 1. Migrate the database and make both locations point to the same database. 2. Allow two domains in wordpress (don't know how to do that though), create new.domain.tld to point to the new server, and redirect www.domain.tld to new.domain.tld on the old server. This is a new dns record which which will always point to the new server if it didn't exist beforehand. This has one downside: when users dns' isn't updated yet and they visit the old site and update the site, these changes are not reflected on the new location. There are two remedies:
1. Migrate the database and make both locations point to the same database.
2. Allow two domains in wordpress (don't know how to do that though), create new.domain.tld to point to the new server, and redirect http://www.domain.tld to new.domain.tld on the old server. This is a new dns record which which will always point to the new server if it didn't exist beforehand.

]]> By: John James Jacobyhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/how-to-move-wordpress-site-to-another-server-with-zero-downtime/comment-page-1#comment-7264 John James Jacoby http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=730#comment-7264 This is a good post, but I am curious how the media folder is updated to accommodate this change? Since the database seems to house a the absolute path to files in the uploads folder, switching to a new host will obviously change that absolute path.It seems to me that unless WordPress is savy enough to update the many files in the database with the new absolute path, that all of your attachments would be missing using this method. This is a good post, but I am curious how the media folder is updated to accommodate this change? Since the database seems to house a the absolute path to files in the uploads folder, switching to a new host will obviously change that absolute path.

It seems to me that unless WordPress is savy enough to update the many files in the database with the new absolute path, that all of your attachments would be missing using this method.

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