When you moved the site, did you export and then re-import the content? I’m wondering if maybe the custom data just didn’t make it into the live server’s database. The first place to look for whether that’s the case would be either on the post’s edit screen or within the database itself with PHPMyAdmin or … Read more
You can set the domain for the WP install in the config-file wp-config.php and so its easy to set an new domain for a install. define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://www.example.com’); define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://www.example.com/blog’); Now use WordPress this domains and the settings in backend was not deciding. But the task after this small change is, that you change the url … Read more
You can read this article about migration in codex. That’s a good start. When migrating there are no special tricks, you just have to upload your files to new location and change some datas in your DB to tell WordPress your website has a new location. Be cautious with those 3 wp options tables which … Read more
If you have access to Cpanel this is what I do. Ensure you have up to date backups of EVERYTHING before attempting to make changes to the database. First if WordPress is installed on your production environment upload your theme files. (sounds like you have done this already) Second go to Cpanel on your Development … Read more
How to migrate, does WordPress hardcode or shortcode image URLs?
The main WordPress-specific solution would be to export the site content as XML (Dashboard -> Tools -> Export -> All Content), then do with the XML file whatever you need/want.
you can use this tool http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/ to replaces the urls. The advantage over SQL replace is that the tool know how to handle serialized info in the DB. Being easy to sync is problematic requirement with the way you are trying to do things. If you need that, then you should simply change your localhosts … Read more
You can use backupbuddy plugin. There are other free plugins but I didn’t test them. However… it is also easy clone the website without using a plugin. What you need to do is to zip all site files and downalod database. Then you need to open .sql file with some code editor where you need … Read more
I would agree with the commenter – develop your WordPress version locally using something like MAMP (if Mac) or WAMP (windows). In that way, there would be no disruption to your existing site until you are satisfied and ready to upload the WordPress version. When you are ready to upload, I would (personally) clear out … Read more
Sorry I figured out this isn’t related to wordpress migration, but the plugin used to display the source code. Was using Syntaxhighlighter Evolved and it couldn’t un-escape HTML entities, changed into Syntax Highlighter for WordPress and all is fine now