famous whitescreen

  • Hi folks,
    I’m encountering the famous white screen problem while moving a wp installation from one server to another.
    I already tried every common issue like themes/plugins but nothing seems to help.
    I set up a dummy index.php to check if my virtual host or dns settings were faulty. Didnt help either.
    Even a new wp installation doesnt show anything but white!
    Enabling ‘DEBUG’ in wp-config doesnt show any reports.
    I hope you guys can help me
    luggie

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  • Thread Starter luggie

    (@luggie)

    –> edit: new wp installation works. Copying my backup files still shows white screen

    Have you disable all your plugin before backing up your wp. And also tell me are you using cpanel

    Thread Starter luggie

    (@luggie)

    I didnt switch them of before backing up. I tried to rename the folder within the dir like many tutorials suggest.
    I dont use cpanel

    Switch off plugin (disable it) then go to file base and select all wordpress file and add to archive (means comoress to zip folder) than download that zip folder and install to new server filebase where you want to extract.after now time of database .before taking backup of database first disable plugin and than go to php my admin and than import all database file and restore to new hosting database.

    Thread Starter luggie

    (@luggie)

    so… here’s what did for me:

    -going to url.com/wp-admin/install.php instead of url.com (which still had white screen of death)
    -‘403-forbidden’
    -setting user permissions to read/write/execute
    -“already installed’ –> login
    -url.com = no more white screen

    Absolutly no clue why this works, but does for all of my sites…

    The problem is comming because the config.php file contain database user name and password of your old server.when you shift the database the password get changed in new server’s php my admin database.to solve problem see the new database name and user name matching to your config.php and also check the password .if password you cant see than change it and add new one in config.php

    Thread Starter luggie

    (@luggie)

    no, I changed database pw/user/adress before copying it into the new host/dir

    Which hosting you use .cpanel ,plesk,tomcat .it will be easy for me to know that you have shifted your wp in correct dir.

    Thread Starter luggie

    (@luggie)

    it’s all working now properly.
    I’m not using any interface software. only ssh.
    I just wanted to add how I mananged to overcome white screen (post #6) even though why it worked that way.

    Wish mine was all working properly, I’m still left with that whitescreen where I can’t access anything.
    I just tried going to url.com/wp-admin/install.php and it says already installed wordpress. to reinstall please clear your old database tables first. I log in and still whitescreen.

    Thread Starter luggie

    (@luggie)

    have you tried to change you prefix in wp-config?

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