October 18, 201114 yr If I have created a WP site in my machine with all the content in, navigation, links etc. And I then install WP on my server can I just do an SQL dump locally and then transfer that to the db online? Or is there another way to do it?
October 18, 201114 yr There is Import/Export in the WP Dashboard, which will take care of your content
October 18, 201114 yr Author So will that move all the pages, keep links in tact, sub pages etc? If so great thanks
October 18, 201114 yr Author But all the content and all that will be fine so if i code in everything i need now into the template and all the content into the admin offline once i export it and reimport it online all should be fine? I only ask as I don't want to be doing it twice...
October 18, 201114 yr Straight from the Wordpress Codex... If You Want Your Old Blog To Still Work Caution: Make sure you have a backup of your old blog's WordPress database before proceeding! Part A - Activating Your New Blog Download your entire WordPress installation to your hard drive. Name the folder appropriately to indicate that this is your OLD blog's installation. Download your database. Go back to your OLD blog and go to options and change the url (both of them) to that of your new site. Again, download your entire WordPress installation to your hard drive. Name the folder appropriately to indicate that this is your NEW blog's installation. 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. 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. Upload the NEW blog's installation folder to your new site. Presto, your NEW blog should be working! A few extra steps there in case you want to go back to your old blog. but they're common sense anyway. Edited October 18, 201114 yr by MikeChipshop
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