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Ok I have just changed my blog to be on my website now and not old one which is mine, but is from the "Post to Host" so the address has changed from adrianrodirguez.frihost.net to blog.adrian-rodriguez.net which I thought would be a much better place and more reliable. Anyway I have just installed the newest wordpress, but I wan't all of my old posts and stuff, how do I go about doing that?

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Besides the wordpress codex,

Besides the wordpress codex, the best wordpress help available is here:

http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/

see the links on the right for moving your site. To get the old posts, you need to download the database and transfer to the new blog.

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Well what I did was install a

Well what I did was install a new wordpress on blog.adrian-rodriguez.net. I didn't take the old one and do it, I guess I could just change the info on my wp-config and see if that works. Or is that a bad route.

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Did you read any of the links

Did you read any of the links I gave you?

Yes, just changing the info on config.php is a bad idea. Config.php contains the name of the database, the username and password. It has to match the database you're using for the site and the user settings or you'll get an error.

You want to transfer the content on the old site to the new one, right? All the content and settings are contained in the database. To get the posts, you have to move the database, and you can't just do that like moving a file. There are steps to follow.

Also remember... thousands of people have had Wordpress questions before you. Try to check the wordpress site for help before posting here. Chances are your question has already been answered, and you can track down the information on your own.

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Ok. Sorry. I will search and

Ok. Sorry. I will search and see which suits me best.

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I can't backup my files like

I can't backup my files like it is asking. I can't access my cpanel or ftp from where I am. (Sattelite Internet is not the way to go) Anyway I do have all the files of my old blog on my computer and can connect to my hosting service for www.adrian-rodriguez.net. Could I do from there. I couldn't find the answer on that site.

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You could of course just

You could of course just re-create your posts by hand if you have the content on your hard drive. But if you want to do it easily, you need the database. What kind of hosting features do you have? Can you get to phpMyAdmin?

These are the help articles from the Podz site I linked to above that you need to read:

http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/backup/
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/restore/

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On the host I can get to

On the host I can get to phpMyAdmin, but I can't connect to my cpanel to get to it.

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I don't get what you're

I don't get what you're saying... You *have* phpMyadmin but can't get to it thru the Cpanel? or you can get to phpmyadmin, but not the cpanel?

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Can you login at the old

Can you login at the old wordpress? Did you have the backup plug in installed? Wp-backup? Because you can get the database that way, too.

So you can get to phpmyadmin at the new host?

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I cannot get trough my cpanel

I cannot get trough my cpanel at all. Not here anyway.

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both sites are at the same

both sites are at the same host? but you can do this somewhere else?

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Wordpress has an import tool,

Wordpress has an import tool, have you tried that? It would probably be the easiest way to transfer if it does what you want.

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Yes I can't do that. I can't

Yes I can't do that. I can't set up that tool, because I cannot connect to my other host.

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Ok It's now on the new domain

Ok It's now on the new domain thanks to a great friend, but now it's not working because it's trying to redirect to the old url. How do I fix that.

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Did you read the articles

Did you read the articles about restoring the database when you move to a new host?

The database contains the settings for the old site. You have to correct the places in the database that reference the old url.

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Well that is all situated,

Well that is all situated, but now we are getting a black page. lol Still trying to figure this out.

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http://codex.wordpress.org/Mo

http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

read down at the bottom for editing the sql file.

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I tried that, Webby, to no

I tried that, Webby, to no avail.

Here's the url to the blog in question

http://blog.adrian-rodriguez.net/

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Yep he is the helper. We have

Yep he is the helper. We have tried much, but the war isn't over yet. MUHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

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Yes, but again I'm just gonna

Yes, but again I'm just gonna say... did you search for the answer? because if you read the page I linked to above on the podz wordpress help site, one possible answer is mentioned at the bottom of the page

http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/move/

and also a google search on "wordpress moved site blank page" gets this at the wordpress forums:

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/131536?replies=4

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Sweet I did it!!!!!!

Sweet I did it!!!!!! Yeah!!!!! I figured out what the problem was and I fixed it. All with the wisdom and patience given to me from God. Thank you Jesus!!! Wooohoooo!!!

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Great! Do let me know how you

Great! Do let me know how you did it, oh wise one.

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Well when I got home this is

Well when I got home this is what I did.

First I went into my old blog and change the url of the blog using wp-admin>options>site url
Then, I went into my new database and dropped all the existing wordpress files.
Then I went into my backup .sql file with a program and edited all variables that had my old url and changed them to my new one
Then, after that I uploaded my new database.sql file
Then, I downloaded all the old blog files and transferred them into my new host/sever/domain directory and Viola!

Afterwards I enjoyed victory!

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