Moving local wordpress site to bluehost

[csherlock1]

Hi All,
I'm hoping someone can help out a newbie. I recently setup wordpress on my local pc using xampplite. I created a site locally and now I'm ready to make the plunge and move it onto my newly created bluehost acct. I used the simplescript to install wordpress but I'm not sure how to go about moving my local site to bh. I would rather not recreate it but if that's the easiest option I can do it.

Thanks!

[felgall]

Hi All,
I'm hoping someone can help out a newbie. I recently setup wordpress on my local pc using xampplite. I created a site locally and now I'm ready to make the plunge and move it onto my newly created bluehost acct. I used the simplescript to install wordpress but I'm not sure how to go about moving my local site to bh. I would rather not recreate it but if that's the easiest option I can do it.

Thanks!

The easiest way if you already have it up and running is to not use Simple Scripts at all. There are three steps to copy a fully customised Wordpress from one place to another.

1. FTP all the files.
2. Go into wp-admin on the original copy and on the general settings page change the two references to where the Wordpress is located to specify the new location.
3. Use phpmyadmin to export the database from the one location and import it to the other.

All that using Simple Scripts does for you is to save you having to upload the files you didn't change.

[Barbcpeter]

Hi all,

I am in the same position as csherlock1 and am a novice in migrating sites. Stephen, would you please elaborate on the 3 steps you specified above? Isn't it necessary to change some data in the exported SQL file? And as for going into the wp-admin general settings, how do you do that after moving the files? (I'm sure I sound obtuse here). Do you make that change prior to moving? If you could provide a bit more detail, it would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[felgall]

Isn't it necessary to change some data in the exported SQL file? And as for going into the wp-admin general settings, how do you do that after moving the files? (I'm sure I sound obtuse here). Do you make that change prior to moving? If you could provide a bit more detail, it would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

There are two fields on the general settings page within the admin that need to be changed to point to the new location of the site.

You need to change the fields BEFORE you do the move or WordPress will redirect everyone back to the old location and you will not be able to get in to make the change. If you are in that situation then you can go into phpmyadmin and make the change from there but then finding the two values to change is more difficult.