Newbie: transferring my wordpress site to hostgator help?

  • Resolved motacarblog

    (@motacarblog)


    10 years ago

    Hi,

    I have run a blog on wordpress for a while now and decided I wanted to switch to a new host so I could have more control over my website yet still bring my old content with me.

    I bought my domain name a while back, then decided to use hostgator as my new host.
    After a quick google I read a few guides on taking my wordpress site to hostgator and now find myself confused by a lot of the jargon that’s being thrown at me.

    Is there an idiots guide to doing this or can someone help me make the switch?

    Thanks.

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  • Thread Starter motacarblog

    (@motacarblog)

    I think I’ve finally sorted it.
    Thanks everyone for your help.

    Can I be another bother here please. I am pretty sure I am close to tears because I can’t figure out what all the crazy jargon means given to me by hostgator support. In a few words, I need your help.

    I currently have a domain with wordpress.com
    https://booquepress.com

    I would love to move this to a self hosted place. I have registered with hostgator, everything was running smoothly up until the Quickinstall option which I honestly believe is NOT QUICKinstall. Anyway, in the section “Application URL (where you will find the app in your browser)” by examples, I went with: https://booquepress.com/blog

    At receiving email that everything has been set up, I am excited but when I click the ‘here’ in the email to be able to view my admin page, I get the error:
    page can not be found.

    Frustration!

    I must mention that I signed up today to hostgator….

    The hostgator support guy mentioned propagation after 20minutes of going back and forth and obviously this is news to me, had hostgator said there was a propagation period, I would have patiently waited. Now my questions are when is propagation done and how will I know its done, What do i do next?

    Please help me move forward, because I am stuck! and in fits of tears really close.
    help

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