WAMP Installation: Database works, but image links & CSS don't

  • I just got new computer and have moved copy of my online site to local WAMP setup for development/design.

    I finally got my big datafile dump to work using BigDump, did a find/replace changing my site address to localhost in sql file.

    So, anyways https://localhost now pulls up my website, and all the blog contents from database correctly.

    However, the images & CSS don’t work now as they are still relative links.

    I added this to wp-config.php:

    define(‘WP_HOME’,’https://localhost/mySite’);
    define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’https://localhost/mySite’);

    … which only keeps the database info from working & still no images/CSS displayed.

    Does anyone have any ideas?

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    BTW, I also tried adding this to the functions.php file of Theme:

    update_option(‘siteurl’,’https://localhost/mySite’);
    update_option(‘home’,’https://localhost/mySite’);

    … the database continues to work, but still no images/CSS displayed.

    [No bumping, thank you.]

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    Okay, I’ve made a bit of progress here on my own. I’ll keep working on it, and will keep posting any solutions I find, so any others in this ‘ignored’ Localhost Installs section (w/ similar problems) may get some of their questions answered.

    I changed the siteurl in wpress_options table from localhost/mySite to localhost, and so it can now find my css sheet. Hurray!

    Outstanding problem: my images & login page are still not being found. All other site navigation links function properly (only register/login don’t work).

    When I look at page source I see that image links are still not absolute urls (doesn’t have ‘https://localhost/’ in links). Which file changes this?

    Any ideas about my problem w/ Register/Login page not being found?

    Review Moving_WordPress.

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    Thanks esmi. I just read your link and changed the home variable in wpress_options from https://localhost/mySite to https://localhost and it can now find my favicon. (hadn’t noticed before that it was missing) ??

    But my Login/Register page and images in a local file (they were copied down from hosted site) still cannot be found as they still lack absolute urls.

    Do you have any suggestions?

    Thanks.

    Have you run a full search & replace on the database?

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    Yes, that was the first thing I did.

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    On my hosted blog I upload all my pictures. Here is where the page source is now looking:

    https://localhost/mySite/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SamSeder-e1351875152758-196×300.jpg

    I plugged some urls in and here is where apache actually finds the picture:

    https://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SamSeder-e1351875152758-196×300.jpg

    I am wondering why the change I made for siteurl in wpress-options didn’t affect the pictures as well, since they affected CSS?

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    Something else I noticed from the link you provided. It says go into admin to reset permalinks structure to .htaccess file

    My login & register (in header file) are using permalinks. How can I make changes to permalink if I cannot log in to admin module? And what kind of changes would I be making?

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    I wish I could have my post moved back to Installation section. I suspect I would have had this resolved 24 hours ago. This section is like Siberia.

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    In the event any experts ever stumble upon this ‘Localhost Installs’ section, could my BulletProof security be contributing to the problem?

    It seems .htaccess plays a role w/ permalinks/redirects/etc and Bulletproof is all about securing .htaccess files.

    It’s possible. What urls are set in Settings -> General?

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    esmi,
    Is there a way to tell without being logged in?

    I cannot log in to admin dashboard since login page is inaccessible. What table variables represent these site/blog urls, and I can check through PHPMyAdmin.

    Had assumed that these two urls were equivalent to siteurl and home variables in wpress_options table? If these table variables set the two urls in Settings->General then they both read https://localhost

    Here is the permalink setting selection on my hosted site (should be same locally): /%category%/%postname%/

    If these table variables set the two urls in Settings->General then they both read https://localhost

    You’ve got the right variables. Can you confirm that WordPress is installed in the root folder?

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