Hi,

I did the following to migrate to a new server.
assuming my url is http://www.xxx.com
1) i copied my entire directory (in my case under public_html) to the new server.
2) i created a new db on the new server and restored it from the old one (same username and password so wp-config.php does not need to change).
3) after 1&2 were completed i made the dns changes to point http://www.xxx.com to my new server.
changes took affect after some time but since then my main tabs such as groups, members, event etc are not available. when i click on them i get the message that the url is not available on the server.

I was under the impression that since i copied the folder and DB is a restore everything should work fine.
I am able to access the admin and my home page but pretty much nothing else.
have i missed a step here?
help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Shai

[@shaisimchi Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

bumping – anyone?

[@shaisimchi Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

btw – i did check and my mod_rewrite on apache is enabled. any other place i should look at?

Thanks,

Shai

[@r-a-y Keymaster 14 years, 7 months ago]

@shaisimchi – Try renaming the /wp-content/plugins/ folder to something else, then refresh the /wp-admin/plugins.php page and rename the plugins directory back to normal.

Try accessing the homepage, does it work now?

[@shaisimchi Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

@r-a-y
this didn’t help – i had to reactivate all the plugins but it didnt change anything.
The homepage wasnt a problem as i could access it. the problem is other tabs such as members, groups etc.
Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Shai

[@r-a-y Keymaster 14 years, 7 months ago]

@shaisimchi – Have you tried changing your permalinks?

[@shaisimchi Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

This is what I am seeing in the Apache error log file:
File does not exist: /home/athcrash/public_html/groups, referer: http://athleticrash.com/

[@r-a-y Keymaster 14 years, 7 months ago]

Are you using the default permalinks? If so, please try changing them:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Choosing_your_permalink_structure

[@shaisimchi Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

I was not using the custom structure:
/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
i did try already changing to default but the result is the same.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 14 years, 7 months ago]

You should actually be using anything other than the default permalink structure.

Was a .htaccess file generated in your WP root directory?
Do regular WP posts and pages use your custom permalink structure?

[@shaisimchi Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

It is now resolved. there was no .htaccess in the root.
i created it manualy with the rewrite rules and now everything is working.
Thanks for your help!!!

Shai

[@r-a-y Keymaster 14 years, 7 months ago]

No problem!

[@dboeger Participant 13 years, 11 months ago]

I’m having a similar problem but I do have an .htaccess file in place.

http://www.mmassive.com

I’ve migrated from and xampp build and it’s working and finding graphic assets, but all links are redirecting back to the home page. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.

DB