Options table – where does my values go?

There is indeed an options table (wp_options / prefix_options). You can the find full details on that table here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description#Table:_wp_options Options are meant to be globally accessible (not tied to individual posts), and you only need to know the option name/key. You can access that table and its values with the following functions: <?php $your_option … Read more

Check if a database is well installed

Some things to check: Have you update the site URL in the wp_options table? Once you log-in to wp-admin change the permalink structure and click save – this makes the system refresh all the links. I personally always use MySQL Workbench to Export and Import data for MySQL databases as it makes life much easier.