Pages do not load after migration to new server

We cannot investigate the server-side problem this way since we don’t have access to it and probably the moderator will mark it off-topic. However, these are common troubleshooting points that you can try to fix this kind of issue: – Try saving the permalinks for once and refresh. Go to Admin Dashboard > Settings > … Read more

Moving wordpress to root folder = internal server error

You should look at the Codex (a great place to find answers) for information about moving a WordPress site. See https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress . Follow those steps. You’ll find (among your tasks) that you need to change the two URL entries in the wp-options table (which you already discovered), and then do a search/replace to change the … Read more

Site is broken after transferring to adminer

The problem Chrome’s console, or Safari’s or Firebug for Firefox are essential tools for a developer. Here’s a snapshot that shows exactly what’s going wrong with your site: you still have urls that point to the old address. Observation Adminer is a wonderful tool, but if your server don’t have PhpMyAdmin that’s really a bad … Read more

How to migrate a local WP installation onto Digital Ocean

Just use a utility like “winZip” to archive your wp-content folder (don’t bother with wp-includes and wp-admin) and then unzip it on the server. (You don’t have to zip it, but it’s much quicker to upload). For step 4, I use a script by David Coveney, which takes care of serialized urls in the databse. … Read more