Copied all content for old url to new url, but something is missing

  • Resolved swpps

    (@swpps)


    3 years, 6 months ago

    To start with, I’m a newbie in website development and WordPress.

    With WordPress I developed my website (old_url.com) and got it online. I changed my mind, wanted to redevelop it from scratch, with the old website left online.
    So, with WP Staging I created the new content (old_url.com/new_2021). I did not go live yet with the new content, however.

    I decided also to start altogether with a new url (new_url.com), so I registered it with my hosting provider.
    Then I copied (better: tried to copy) all from old_url.com to new_url.com, including the new content (/new_2021).

    The result was that new_url.com is not an exact copy of old_url.com.
    I expected to find also new_url.com\new_2021, it’s not there. So I can not work on my new developments under new_url.com\new_2021

    Where is new_url.com\new_2021?

    Thanks for helping a newbie!

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  • Plugin Contributor alaasalama

    (@alaasalama)

    Hi @swpps
    The answer to your question is within this part:

    I copied (better: tried to copy) all from old_url.com to new_url.com

    You need to make sure that you copied the “new_2021” directory during the migration process, and also make sure you copied the staging site’s database tables (they start with wpstg0_ prefix).

    The directory cloning step can be verified by viewing the files via FTP, and the database tables cloning step can be verified by checking them via PHPMyAdmin.

    After that, you need to follow this guide to re-connect the staging site to the live site after the migration:
    https://wp-staging.com/docs/reconnect-staging-site-to-production-website/

    Let me know if you have any further question,
    Alaa.

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