6 Apr 2009
Blog Evolved
I completed the migration from jaybruce.com to greenwanderer.com. I had lots of challenges but was able to get everything working.
The main challenge were permalinks, which provides meaningful links for search engines like Google. I did quite a bit of research on the web on how to copy a WordPress blog from one Yahoo domain to another. It turned out that the problem was unique to Yahoo and wasn’t documented clearly. Since I posted a question on the WordPress forum, I wrote up the process and thought I would publish it here too.
- Install WordPress and MySQL from Yahoo on target domain and upgrade to current levels
- Install Customizable Permalinks plugin by Yahoo Web Hosting and any other desired plugins and themes
- Export WordPress database from source MySQL and import in target MySQL
- Make sure Blog URL and WordPress URL are the same
- Optionally copy index.php to home directory and modify: require(‘./blog/wp-blog-header.php’);
- Update Permalinks to desired option
I hope eveyone found their way to the new and improved GreenWanderer.com.
Thanks for your support!
Bon Voyage, Jay
