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says 4013 files copied. DONE. If you go to the new site https://panaceaengineering.com/ the homepage looks great but if you click on any of the main navigation links at the top, I get an Internal Server Error. Also, not all of the URL’s are pointed to the new website. For example, if you mouseover the “Read More” underneath the “Company Profile” in the main body section, you will see that it links to the Klipschatlantic.com website.

So far so good…copying files now.

The new domain is registered with Godaddy but I have the nameservers pointed to 1and1 for web hosting. Do I need to look up in Godaddy for the IP address of that domain?

Cool thanks. Got past the errors with the new version. Trying to find the IP address now.

Thanks a bunch for your help.

1&1 Business

Hmmm…I do get notifications within WordPress for me to update plugins and the core wordpress files.

The original domain has not been changed. It is still pointing to the old (SOURCE).

Sorry, I’m not following you.

I have currentdomain.com with current wordpress site up and running.

I want to move files to a new folder on my webhost and move the domain to newdomain.com.

I uploaded the halty_source.php file to currentdomain.com/halty_source.php and uploaded halty_target.php to the root directory where the new website will reside.

When I load currentdomain.com/halty_source.php in Firefox, I get the above errors.

Thanks for your help.

I uploaded the source file to the current root directory of my wordpress website and uploaded the target file to the folder where the new website will reside. When I run the source script in my browser, it says…(note: I’ve replaced the actual URL with “/mywebswite/”

Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /mywebsite/halty_source.php on line 108

Warning: file_get_contents(https://halty.net/mover_version) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /mywebsite/halty_source.php on line 108
Fatal error: Unable to communicate to a remote server. This script absolutely requires remote access, otherwise it cannot transfer any data outside of the server

Thanks halty.

I have created a new folder on my server and pointed the nameservers of the new domain to it. Will your script move all of my existing wordpress files from the one folder on my server to the new folder on the server?

I just noticed on your page that it says that it will work with any webhost that uses Cpanel. My webhost is 1and1 and they do not use Cpanel.

I really appreciate the offer to use your script halty. With all due respect, I’m not against using your script, I’m just being cautious, especially since you are a new member and only a few posts.

Just way too many virus, malware etc on the net….just trying to protect myself. As a precaution, I did scan the website mover file for virus and malware and none were found. ??

Anyone see any issues in using halty’s script?

Alright, I’m ready to try and do this…just still need some hand holding.

Would it be better to create a new database, upload the “old wordpress files” to the new host, import the wordpress files and then do a search/replace on that database?

To me, that would be the safest approach since my “old wordpress site” would still be intact in case the move to the new website has any glitches. Then once everything is worked out, I can delete the old website.

Any thoughts?

Sean, I believe it is taking you back to the “old” website because you have to update it in the database. Before you try this, let others chime in that know more about it. Below is snippet from the page you linked to:

“If you forget to change the WordPress Address and Blog Address, you will be unable to change it using the wordpress interface. However, you can fix it if you have access to the database. Go to the database of your blog and find the wp_options table. This table stores all the options that you can set in the interface. The WordPress Address and Blog Address are stored as siteurl and home (the option_name field). All you have to do is change the option_value field to the correct URL for the records with option_name=’siteurl‘ or option_name=’home‘.”