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OK!! I really apprreciate all the help but again, I know nothing about this stuff and really don’t know what to look for. When you talk about the “values” I changed the WP-Config values to those of the GoDaddy database in other words the database name and User name (which are the same)and the password is the one I use to get access to the database.

If I had to create a new database I guess I could ask GoDaddy to do that but they created the first one and my site did not work. I updated by importing the old database into it and it still doesn’t work.

I backed up the “Directory.sql” to my hard drive. When I imported it to the Database on GoDaddy it ran a series of queries and made some visible changes but still does not work. I can “ping” my site and the IP address that comes up is definitley GoDaddy but for some reason it can’t locate the database. I’m losing money and don’t know what to do. I did finally get in contact with my previous hosting company and her only comment was that WordPress and GoDaddy don’t get along and developers try to stay away from them.

GoDaddy created a database. I went to wp-config.php and changed the content to the DB_name, DB-user, DB_password that I used to get into the database files. Still nothing. I also tried to change the DB-Host to the server name given to me by GoDaddy. Still nothing. What about the directory or database that was being created while I was with my other hosting company? I’m assuming that changes were being made as I added posts and changed themes, etc. Does that have to be loaded into the files at GoDaddy?

I did that earlier. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to any of the WordPress admin areas. Therefore I cannot complete the transfer according to the instructions. My previous hosting company has shut everything down. I’ve done everything I can find and am now down to “Error establishing a database connection”. I’ve checked the WP-Config and had to change the DB Name, DB User and DB Password but still nothing.

I just found out that I no longer have access to the files on the previous server. I did however copy all the files, directories, filters and aliases to my hard drive yesterday. I was afraid this was going to happen.

Can I just FTP and overwrite the old files to the appropriate folders on the new server?

I noticed that the two config.php files are different. The password and user names are different along with the hostDB.

Please help!!

The install is under html/wordpress. I installed on the instructions of GoDaddy.com. They are my new hosting provider. I was just reading that I should copy files to the new server. Which files?