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Migrating an Existing WordPress Site To Truehost<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Migrating your site to another live site maybe a hassle, especially when lacking the knowhow of how to do it. There is always a need of testing the site before moving your files and databases ,theme and plugins as well as configuring your domain and htaccess settings. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The following procedures explains how to migrate your wordpress <\/span><\/span>to a new site;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Compress your files( configuration files,plugins,applications and themes) into a zip folder <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Login to cpanel-file manager-directory-home directory-show hidden files-check-click go. Next go to public html-click compress-zip archive-compress files. Upload to public-html.zip file top home directory of cpanel. Login again after the download- click public-html.zip file -click extract files. <\/span><\/span>This saves all the files to publi-html.zip folder. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    2. <\/span><\/span>use your cpanel php-MyAdmin to move MySQL database. In Wp-config.php file check to see your database name is correct in Define(DB-NAME).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Next go to database section-click on phpMyAdmin- on left click the name from wp-config.php file-export-click quick in the list-choose SQL then click go. Save the file on your computer as wordpress.sql for easy identification. Use FTP to upload the file to your home directory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    3. login to Cpanel -navigate to databases-click MySQL databases-click new database-create. Go back-add user (with the username you created) in the list of database-click add.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    4. Import the database.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Login to database-click phpMyAdmin,-click database name created-click import on the file intended -browse-select the file-open-click go<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    5. Open the file to update it in a text editor. Replace the names in short forms to full forms for instance-DEFINE(‘DB-USER to Database-user’);<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    6. Finally configure the custom settings in php.ini and .htaccess and domain in case you want to use a different name. Make sure the servers are custom.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    After this process your site is said to have migrated successfully. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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