Backing up and moving a site can be a problem. Below are the steps that I used to backup and restore my site.
- First I downloaded a backup of my site files and database from my host. My web host makes it very easy to download backups.
- I created a new database.
- I restored my files to my backup directory and restored my database.
- Next I edited my config file to reflect the new database.
- Using the guide on this blog I ran several scripts on PHP MyAdmin to change the site name.
- Using WordPress admin I updated the Permalink Structure.
- Not all my permalinks were updated so I used Update URLs Plugin.
The only problem I ran into was a security plugin. One of the plugins that encrypts my login prevented me from logging on to the backuped site. The other problem involved some of my image links. I had to manually change those due to using only a partial link to call the pictures.
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