problems with relocating wordpress..

  • Hi,

    I have posted this question before but I havent been able to source the correct solution to fixing this.

    The problem is after relocating a wordpress site we cannot get it to work at all. I constantly get a blank screen for both the client site and the admin section, therefore rendering the site useless.

    This is my first site in wordpress and since i didn’t build it I really have not idea on what is required to get it running..

    The specs of the install are
    Apache 2.2.4
    PHP 5.2.3-1
    MySQL 14.12 distrib 5.0.45
    Ubuntu Server 7.10

    I have modified the wp-config.php file to reflect the Datasource name and login credentials.

    But still, the only thing i see is a blank screen.
    I have read that it could be a theming issue.. how do I change the theme of the site in code since I cant view the panels for the system

    This site is driving me a little crazy… so if anyone out there has solved this problem can you please let me know?

    thanks in advance

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  • after relocating a wordpress site

    You mean you moved to a different directory or a different server?

    URL?

    Thread Starter thenamenoonehastaken

    (@thenamenoonehastaken)

    i am trying to move it to a different server. the site is not currently on a box exposed to the internet. its held locally in our dev environment.

    I received an archive of the site and I have taken the site and copied it onto my new server and the only things I have changed is the wp-config.php file with the datasource and authentication info.

    We have mimicked everything that we believe is the original settings from the guys that built the site. each time i load the site i get a blank screen.

    I have set my host file on my local machine to point to the IP address of the dev server pretending to be the complete URL,in case that was causing anything to stuff up. yet that is no problem. I can serve PHP files and HTML documents without a problem, only wordpress is causing me a hard time…

    try going to https://yoursite/wp-admin/themes.php directly. I’ve had the same problem and been able to get in that way, and then set a new theme.

    Maybe this . . .
    wp-admin/settings/general – url address and blog address need to be set to reflect the new location. You can change that by going into the database and wp-options. Correct #1 and #2 to what they should be.

    IMPORTANT: Backup your data base before you make changes

    Or, use this opportunity to upgrade to 2.5. Do the installation, following the instuctions about wp-contents. That way, if you are missing a file, you will replace it during the install.

    Thread Starter thenamenoonehastaken

    (@thenamenoonehastaken)

    Hi,

    I have tried to navigate directly to the themes.php file but as expected I cannot gain access to the file because I cannot authenticate first. I cant even see the login screen in the admin section.

    I am unsure as to how I would go about upgrading the site due to a number of custom plug-ins created by the original developer.

    WordPress is really doing my head in… i would have thought it would be a simple process to migrate the site across to a new server… but my gosh i have been mistaken..

    You should be able to gain access with ftp.

    Do you know what version of WP you have?

    It is unfortunate about custom plugins. That mean any future upgrades for security or whatever, may or may not work.

    Thread Starter thenamenoonehastaken

    (@thenamenoonehastaken)

    hi,

    since i cant gain access to the site via the front end… I also cant see any mention of what version the site is in, in any commented code throughout the files… is there any quick method to finding this out at all ?

    Thread Starter thenamenoonehastaken

    (@thenamenoonehastaken)

    i looked through the source code and found a link to a css file with a version number 2.0.2 Im assuming that the CSS file is named like the version number of the wordpress version ?

    You can look for a file called header.php, normally in wp-content/themes/what-ever-theme-you-areusing.

    If it is 2.0.2 then your WordPress is over a year old and for WP that is not good. There have been many changes since 2.0.2 security and I think if you did deploy your WP you would be very vulnerable.

    You need to contact someone that can help you update and reinstall on your new server. There is not an easy solution to your problem.

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