Migrating WordPress

I recently changed web hosts for Booshink.com. I have used Spirit Domains for several years and highly recommend them and still use them for all my other domains and sites and will continue to do so but I thought just for the heck of it I would try something new with Booshink and that something is Blue Host.

Anyway, Friday I took care of the switch (you know, paying for it and stuff) and yesterday I moved all of my files over to the new server. The only thing I was really concerned about was my WordPress installation. WordPress can be a little finicky sometimes and with the database and all I just wasn’t sure everything would work. It did.

First I copied all my files and directories from the old server to my hard drive, including WordPress, then uploaded them to the new server. Now for the database. I made a backup of the old database (which was saved as an SQL file), created a new, empty database on the new server and ran the SQL. Voila! Worked like magic.

The only glitch was a problem with my archives, post links and categories. When I clicked on an archived post or category I would get a 404 error. Something told me to update my permalinks, which I did, and that fixed it. I’m kind of tickled with myself.

Anyway, we’ll try this new deal out for awhile and see how it goes. Thanks to anyone who happens to stop by now and then and if anyone has any computing questions or problems contact me and I’ll see if I can help. I’m getting pretty good at this.

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