Don’t worry about changing the guid, you’ll be fine if you never update that field. The main places you’ll need to update are in the post_content column of wp_posts (for links and images), and in the wp_options table (for widget data). Before you do any database replacing, though, read through this thread: How to: Easily … Read more
See Moving WordPress « WordPress Codex and Backing Up Your Database « WordPress Codex and How to Move WordPress Blog to New Domain or Location » My Digital Life and possibly Giving WordPress Its Own Directory « WordPress Codex Deleted this added link as it advocates using a texteditor to change URLs in the dump; … Read more
Here are the step-by-step instructions to move your WordPress site to a new location on the same server: Create the new location using one of these two options: If you will be moving your WordPress core files to a new directory, create the new directory. (in my case , i made a folder named ‘kombat’ … Read more
The issue was actually with the database. I had to bring it down and install again and it worked out. Thanks for the help from everyone.
WordPress allows for this setup, and they have complete instructions here: Giving WordPress its Own Directory While Leaving Your Blog in the Root Directory I personally would move the files because to me it’s cleaner, but the above mentioned solution should work for you.
Absolute or relative URLs are one of those eternal debates, but what you have to know in WordPress context is that it has strong affinity for absolute links. The logic is that changing absolute links in general is easier than changing level of relative links when necessary. The second point you need to know is … Read more
I used to do this tedious manipulation manually, but I’ve dropped that way of migrating WP site when I discovered Duplicator. This is a free plugin which will save you a lot of pain for more complex website as it will rewrite all your current url to target server, import all your widget and activate … Read more
Your issue likely lies somewhere within wp-config.php. You should not need to run any install if your tables already exist, the wp-admin/install.php is only used when no tables are detected with the settings in wp-config.php. Going through parameter by parameter, I’ll give you some idea of what everything is. DB_NAME is the name of the … Read more
Since it is a custom site and database structure, there is no easy way to import your data into WordPress. I would suggest you instead focus on how you would accomplish the same thing within WordPress. In other words, start by pretending you don’t have those 1,000’s of ads, and build out your way of … Read more
If you didn’t hand-change the wpurl in the dev database, what probably happened is that you entered your url, and WP made a 301 redirect to the live site. Then, without realizing it, you changed the url config in your live site. To make it work: Put this in your wp-config.php define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://your-wp-url.com’); define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://your-wp-url.com’); … Read more