Adam Arnold

OK. Turns out I got a little excited over nothing.

Deleting the PHP.ini file meant that I could access exonianetwork.com/wp-admin without the redirect error.

However, it is now impossible to log-in. Users are simply re-directed to the same page.

Re-installing PHP.ini results in the permanent loop error.

Suggestions very much appreciated ??

PHP.INI

**MUST SLEEP NOW**

FIXED

Turns out there was an ini.php file in the wp-admin folder.

Deleted that and everything now works.

#weird

To clarify “transferred files from one host to another” involved uploading on another friend’s server, then updating nameservers with his domain host.

He then reverted to original nameserver settings, which brings us to where we are now.

I’m tempted to add exonianetwork.com to my own hosting to avoid any need for redirects but part of me wants to fix it in situ!

Hi Esmi,

I think I’ve found a way to it via MySql / php my admin.

The person who suggested it will be trying this approach tomorrow ??

Thanks again.

Issue now solved!

Thank you for your feedback thus far.

I have now managed to get the old blog, which was running WordPress 2.1 (!), up and running on the latest version:

https://www.pakuma.com/blog.

I am now stuck when attempting to import the database file that I have been given – provided to me in SQL format.

I ran a few tests on a spare domain and all of the WordPress back-up/import plug-ins that I tested used an .xml file instead.

Does anyone know how I can either import or convert/import the old blog posts using the SQL file that I have been given?

I could potentially create the old posts manually (there were only 10) but I’m more interested in learning how to do this properly.

Once again, thank you in advance….

Hi Esmi,

Not yet…. the database isn’t mentioned in the guidance notes that I followed. It seemed to suggest that copying from one FTP and moving to the other would give the desired effect.

I do have an xml back up of the old database.

Unfortunately I couldn’t import this as the version of WordPress in use is from the stone ages. I’m trying to upgrade to the latest version now, before starting again ??

@alchymyth

Many thanks, that’s done the trick.

There are some small side effects however I can live with them ??

@nsathees

I gave that a try and the post looks fine in the editor:

https://twitpic.com/6kryf0

However it still appears as before once posted:

https://ceo.smartergroup.biz/orange-thursdays-film-to-go-available-on-itunes/

@alchymyth

I am going to try this now. Fingers crossed ??