move of blogs

2mmy · 2008-09-12, 01:33 AM

Hey
I got some blogs on a virtual hosting account, and I would like to move them to my dedicated, will there be any problems with that for the SE's, could i loose my listings by moving them to another ip or something

walrus · 2008-09-12, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 2mmy

Hey
I got some blogs on a virtual hosting account, and I would like to move them to my dedicated, will there be any problems with that for the SE's, could i loose my listings by moving them to another ip or something

Not as long as the domain name stays the same although there might be some slight interruptions due to propagation of the new IP information.

dunc · 2008-09-12, 01:43 AM

I don't think so... in fact I'm pretty sure not

2mmy · 2008-09-12, 08:43 AM

Sounds good thanks... now can anybody tell me how the best og most painless way to move a blog?

Should i just make a new wordpress install, and then copy the database and set the new wordpress up to use that and the copy all the theme files, or how is the best way to do it

thanks

Useless · 2008-09-12, 09:43 AM

I don't think that the wp-config file requires server file paths, so that will make life pretty easy. You should be able to simply upload your existing WP installation on the new server, upload its database, verify/edit the database settings on wp-config.php and be good. Then change your nameservers. I haven't played with the most recent WP revisions, so I'm assuming that wp-config.php is still set up similar to the way it used to be.

HowlingWulf · 2008-09-12, 05:30 PM

I just switched a few blogs from one server to another, just as Useless Warrior described. Fairly simply process. SEs shouldn't care if the IP changes as long as all the urls stay the same.

webpimp · 2008-09-14, 02:00 AM

I've had to do this a few times, wordpress provides good instructions:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_Wo...o_a_New_Server

Pretty easy process, basically just copy the files and export/import your database.

2mmy · 2008-09-15, 08:49 AM

Thanks guys

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dunc You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 658	I don't think so... in fact I'm pretty sure not

2008-09-12, 08:43 AM	#4
2mmy No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 230	Sounds good thanks... now can anybody tell me how the best og most painless way to move a blog? Should i just make a new wordpress install, and then copy the database and set the new wordpress up to use that and the copy all the theme files, or how is the best way to do it thanks

2008-09-15, 08:49 AM	#8
2mmy No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 230	Thanks guys