Transfer Wordpress site to new host part two

[Ian J]

I want to transfer a Wordpress site from the existing host to a new one but I'm stuck on how to do it.

I have installed Wordpress on the new host but don't know how to access it to set it all up properly as the domain name is still pointing to the old host so I can't see how to get into the new installation of Wordpress.

 

[zigojacko]

Pm me IAN, i can help you out with that.

Why not just post it publicly seeing as that is the point of a forum and helps out others facing the same problem....

 

[zigojacko]

Best way to do this Ian is to just change your local hosts file so that you can locally (and temporarily) point your domain to the IP address of the new server.

So you essentially end up forcing your domain to resolve elsewhere than the public DNS records.

You can learn how to do this here.

 

[Ian J]

All done - thanks Geoff

 

[fisicx]

Pm me IAN, i can help you out with that.

Your continued request for people to PM you will get you into trouble.

 

[hussainsheikh]

Ian, contact your domain registrar company and request them to update the domain DNS settings to point it to the new hosting servers.

 

[DesignerNick]

Ian, contact your domain registrar company and request them to update the domain DNS settings to point it to the new hosting servers.

That would mean users would see a broken site while it was being worked on.

Zigojacko's method is how it should be done to make it seamless!

 

[Ian J]

As stated I followed Zigojacko's advice and the site is live on the new server

 

[martingrey]

any shared hosting provider will give you a temporary URL so you can work on your new installation. you don't need to do anything with the DNS until you're ready to go live. Step by step:

1. Log in to you cPanel with the old host
2. Go to phpmyadmin and export the database
3. Go to file manager, select all files and create an archive (easier to manipulate rather than thousands of files)
4. download the archive via http or ftp
5. Log in to your new host cpanel create and import the database
6. Upload and extract the archive with the files
7. Change wordpress settings in config file as well as the options table within the database
8. ask for temporary URL

piece of cake, time required 10min