tried to move to new domain, errors

That’s not a WP error. What you can do is download WP (same version of course) and upload it to the new server. When wp-config.php had the correct database credentials your site should be back up at the new sport. Plugins and themes have to be moved of course (either moving directly or downloading and uploading).

For starters you can of course also look up what index.php gives the error and just upload it to the new server.

Sorry, I don’t quite understand…

When I try to load the admin panel it says:

The requested URL /wp-login.php was not found on this server.

So, you’re saying to manually transfer that file after installing a new WP from scratch on the new domain?

When you’re moving WP there’s nothing you can do with WP, after action nr. 1 that is. Basically the article that you referred to says:
1. Edit the WP urls in settings
2. Delete all files from the old server (but make sure to keep copies of wp-config /wp-content/themes and /wp-content/plugins).
3. Upload a new WP to the new server, you could restore the old wp-config (or make a new one) /themes and /plugins.

Easiest way to do all that is with FTP.

So, if I just pretend like it’s the first time installation – put everything on the second domain fresh, and then import themes and plugins later… there won’t be any conflict with the database? Or do I have to wipe the database as well?

(thanks very much for answering, by the way!)

Nono, don’t do anything with the database. In fact, the database is the only thing that matters. That’s where all your posts, comments, settings, etc. are. Indeed, you can make a new installation, make sure that wp-config.php had the correct credentials for the existing database and themes and plugins can be worried about later.

Btw. looking back. You have a WP installation in the root and an installation in /wordpress? That installation in the root has/can be(en) deleted?

No, I’ve got WP installed only at https://www.libreriasemola.it/wordpress. The root is an outdated, but functioning, iWeb site with an oscommerce shop.

So, now I’m uploading the WP files to the root of our other domain: https://www.libreriapiacenza.it

It will take a while, but I’ll post back on here when it’s done. I’ll make sure to set the wp-config file to the same database that we were using on the libreriasemola/wordpress site.

I’m doing this so I can test out the site live without messing up the existing iWeb oscommerce configurations. Eventually, though, I’ll need to move the (hopefully) functioning WP site back to the root of https://www.libreriasemola.it. Hopefully it won’t be as complicated the second time around!

Thanks for your help so far, I’ll let you know what happens in the next few hours!

Make sure you don’t try to have two websites in the root. You might want to delete everything in there before installing WP.

Hey, so I did a clean install… and maybe I’m crazy, but it doesn’t seem clean.

Here’s what I did:
– wiped all files from the second domain
– did a new WP install pointing to a second, clean database on the same user account as the first…

to be clear: My host is Aruba Italia (suck), and my login info gets me access to both domains and the MySql databases (there are 5) which are available to either of my domains. I don’t know if that matters… but in the wp-gonfig, I basically only changed the database name – user, password, and host stay the same.

And now… things are weird.

I’m missing random options, such as page templates that should be there with certain themes. And when I install a new plugin or theme, it gives me the ‘unpacking…’ message forever. I then have to refresh the page to find that it’s already been installed. It never gives me the ‘click here to activate now or return to the plugin page’.

There a few other weird things. It’s running really slow. It just doesn’t seem right.

It sounds like you should talk to your host…

yeah… man I hate Aruba more and more every day.

Thanks anyway. Maybe I can get my friend to move his hosting somewhere else.