jimmy-the-saint

Since this is just a sanbox, i have it operating out of my home directory.

It is laid out thusly:

/home/me/sites/sandbox < Root folder of this site (the only site by the way)

Its contents are :

drwxr-xr-x 2 me me 4096 2011-03-31 13:57 audio
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 5430 2009-10-29 15:21 favicon.ico
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 397 2011-03-22 22:01 index.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 15606 2011-03-22 22:01 license.txt
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 0 2011-02-15 14:41 new file
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 9200 2011-03-22 22:01 readme.html
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 402 2010-07-13 22:07 search_test.php
drwxr-xr-x 9 me me 4096 2011-03-31 13:57 sphider
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 2398 2009-11-11 09:11 wejnswpwhitespacefix.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 4337 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-activate.php
drwxr-xr-x 10 me me 4096 2011-03-31 13:57 wp-admin
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 40283 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-app.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 226 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-atom.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 274 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-blog-header.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 3931 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-comments-post.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 244 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-commentsrss2.php
-rw-r—– 1 me me 2768 2011-04-03 13:47 wp-config.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 3177 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-config-sample.php
drwxr-xr-x 9 me me 4096 2011-03-31 13:57 wp-content
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 1255 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-cron.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 246 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-feed.php
drwxr-xr-x 8 me me 4096 2011-03-31 13:57 wp-includes
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 1997 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-links-opml.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 2453 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-load.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 27787 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-login.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 7774 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-mail.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 494 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-pass.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 224 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-rdf.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 334 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-register.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 226 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-rss2.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 224 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-rss.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 9655 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-settings.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 18644 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-signup.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 3702 2011-03-22 22:01 wp-trackback.php
-rw-r–r– 1 me me 3210 2011-03-22 22:01 xmlrpc.php

They were copy pasted to ensure no mistakes. The database info is legit

Both are /home/me/sites/sandbox

When I remove the index.html file, leaving only the wordpress files, I get a blank page.

The site file in sites-enabled is listed as /home/me/sites/sandbox and the files are all in that folder. When I put an index.html file in that folder, and type “localhost” in the url bar, the contents of that file display. Would I still need to change that?

I should have been more clear. I checked that the siteurl and homeurl values were https://localhost in the database.

Yeah, I will change the url on the local copy. The issue is that all the instructions for copying the blog tell me to alter the URL temporarily on the PRODUCTION installation before backing up the database. I assume that is to have the database automatically altered to meed the new site requirements. Since it is a live site, I cannot simply change the url settings on it, no matter how temporarily.

From the instructions:

Caution: Make sure you have a backup of your old blog’s WordPress database before proceeding!

Part A – Activating Your New Blog

1. Download your entire WordPress installation to your hard drive. Name the folder appropriately to indicate that this is your OLD blog’s installation.
2. Go back to your OLD blog and go to options and change the url (both of them) to that of your new site.
3. Again, download your entire WordPress installation to your hard drive. Name the folder appropriately to indicate that this is your NEW blog’s installation.
4. Download your database once again (but keep the old one). Upload this database to your new server. It will be easiest if you use the same database name and you create a user with the same login credentials on your new server as on your old server.

Esmi – I appreciate the link, but installing WP is the easy part. My issue is in copying an installation without modifying it at all. The only link contained in the page you referenced that has anything to do with this issue involves changing the URL in the production blog. I cannot do that. I need to copy the thing without modifying it at all.