dan.carmeli

thanks for all your help! Unfortunately, I think fun time is over…

like if you go to ramahoutdoorsorg.ipage.com you can access the new server (but with nameservers pointed to old server). The theme loads! Why only with nameservers pointed away?

Sorry for the barrage of posts… but also, any explanation for why the theme loaded when I accessed the site with the nameserver pointed to the old server, but now that the nameserver is to the new server it doesn’t load…?

I wasn’t able to export my information_schema database to the new server? Could that be the problem?

It has been about 40 hours now since I changed the nameservers.

I disabled all the plugins and the only error message left is

Notice: ob_end_clean() [ref.outcontrol]: failed to delete buffer. No buffer to delete. in /hermes/bosweb/web119/b1197/ipg.ramahoutdoorsorg/wp-includes/template-loader.php on line 46

I spoke with the hosting service and they said they often see issues with importing wordpress to a new host (but I think he based that on issues involving a new domain name). He said he checked the server settings and they are all fine. He said I should just try reinstalling the plugins…

Should I just give up on this transfer?

That does seem to make sense since the theme wasn’t loading. What should I tell the hosting service? Could it be that I am coming from a linux server to an apache one? something to do with htaccess?

Thanks for the feedback! That is very reassuring. Based on your feedback, I tried switching the nameservers to the new server again and just waiting it out a little longer. So far it has been about 14 hours and it is still not working. I know I may just have to wait some more, but if you wouldn’t mind just checking it out in case you can tell right away that there is an actual problem… I left the debug function on… the URL is https://www.ramahoutdoors.org

Thanks!

The problems I was experiencing occurred immediately after the DNS change took effect (which was only about 3-4 hours after I made the change). Is it possible that I just needed to give it more time?

I only have one “warning” message… the rest are notices. But I think it stems from the URL not being exactly what it would be normally.

the A record IP address is 66.96.147.108. The URL (which will take you to the stable old server is https://www.ramahoutdoors.org). the new server said I can also access using https://www.ramahoutdoorsorg.ipage.com.

As it turns out, using this URL actually displays the website almost perfectly (with a little glitch that I can fix easily). Why would it be working now…?

I also put the code into wp-config and now there are a bunch of error messages at the top of the site…

Thanks!
Dan

I did. And it says: “Note: If you are changing to a new server but same domain, all you need to do is edit wp-config.php and upload everything as it is to your new server.”

I checked the settings on the admin page as it displays on the old server and the settings should work on the new server…

I was unable to switch to a different theme through wp-admin. Clicking on “activate” or “preview” didn’t do anything. Also the screenshot didn’t show up. At this point I have changed the nameservers back to point to the old server because I couldn’t afford for the site to be down any longer. As such, I can’t do any front-end fixing through wp-admin nor will the URL provide you with any insight. However, I can still access the files and database housed on the new server. Can you recommend a way to check the same info through that avenue rather than through wp-admin?

If need be, I may be able to change the nameservers back for limited time periods, but I would prefer to avoid doing that…

Thanks!!