Anyone know how to take a wordpress blog and move it to another server? I need some help NOW?

To move your wordpress to another server with zero downtime follow these steps: 1. Backup the database from the old site and import it to the new site. Pay attention to database names.2.

Change your wp-config. Php in the old site to point to the database on the new site. Your old site will now run using database based on the new site and once you change the nameservers new site will have the up to date database.(You may want to check with your new hosting if they allow outside database access first.

If not, you can skip this step and transfer the database at the end, when the nameserver change propagated) 3. Backup your entire WordPress installation from the old site (this will include all your uploads, themes, plugins) 4. Unpack your WordPress installation to the new site 5.

Change wp-config. Php on the new site with new database details 6. Change the nameservers to point to the new site 7.

That's all now you only need to wait :) Since nameserver propagation can take up to one day, step 2 allows you to have up to date database at the moment it happens. Downside to this is slower site response in the meantime because site still runs from the old server and the database is on the new. But if you do this over the night or periods of low traffic it won't be that noticeable and you will not lose any comments or other activity on your site.

Here is a support post on Wordpress. Org about this topic: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/168092 I have moved one of my blogs by following these steps before!

WordPress. Org has step by step instuction Part A - Activating Your New Blog 1. Download your entire WordPress installation to your hard drive.Name the folder appropriately to indicate that this is your OLD blog's installation.

2. Go back to your OLD blog and go to options and change the url (both of them) to that of your new site.3. Again, download your entire WordPress installation to your hard drive.

Name the folder appropriately to indicate that this is your NEW blog's installation.4. Download your database once again (but keep the old one). Upload this database to your new server.

It will be easiest if you use the same database name and you create a user with the same login credentials on your new server as on your old server. 5. If you used a different database name and/or user (see previous step), edit wp-config.

Php in your NEW blog's installation folder appropriately. 6. Upload the NEW blog's installation folder to your new site.

Presto, your NEW blog should be working! Part B - Restoring Your Old Blog 1. On the original server, delete your OLD blog's database (remember, you should have a copy on your local computer that you made at the very beginning).2.

Upload your OLD blog's installation folder to your original server, overwriting the files that are currently there (you may also delete the installation folder on the server and simply re-upload the OLD blog's files). 3. Upload your OLD blog's database from your local computer to the server.

That should do it! Another procedure for making copies of posts, comments, pages, categories and custom field (post status, data, permalinks, ping status...) easy to follow: 1. Install a new Wordpress blog 2.

Go on old blog Admin panel. Here, in Manage > Export select "all" in menu Restrict Author.3. Click on Download Export File 4.

In new blog go on Manage > Import, choose Wordpress item.5. In the page that will be shown, select the file just exported. Click on Upload file and Import 6.

It will appear a page. In Assign Authors, assign the author to users that already exist or create new ones.7. Click on Submit 8.

At the end, click on Have fun Note: using this method if there are some articles in new blog (like hello world, info page...), these will not be erased. Articles are only added. Using the former procedure the article in new blog will be deleted.

If you want to move it to a new hosting company check out SquareSpace. They have tools for easily importing a Wordpress blog. I heard on TWIT today that you can get 10% off if you go to squarespace.com/TWIT.I'm not associated with TWIT or SquareSpace.

Just a listener and working on setting up my blog now with SquareSpace.

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