How To Zip A Wordpress Blog For Transfer?

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Fortunately, I just transferred a WordPress blog from one host to another yesterday.

There are two things you need to do:

1> Make a backup copy of your WordPress installation (which you've already done as a ZIP file)
2> Make a copy of the database (which you've not done)

Then, to restore an installation at a host

1> Upload the ZIP contents as-is just like any other script
2> Import the database into the account
3> Update WP database settings if necessary
4> IMPORTANT: If you're transferring a WP installation from one host to another, but end up using the same domain name, then the process is finished. But if not, you'll need to update the permalink structure in the database to reflect the new domain. Normally, this is done by taking your existing WP installation, changing the domain name setting in there, and redownloading the database (keep a backup of the original, or else the original site won't function as required!). Now upload this new database to your new server.

In short, it's not as simple as it looks. So, I don't think your members will be able to upload a WP Installation without some technical know-how.

Regards,
Revolves

Thanks for the answer Revolve.

As I've mentioned in the post above, I only have one host(With multiple domains hosted on the same). So Are you sure that the procedure for transferring from one host to another will apply here?

I have not DONE the "backup copy of your WordPress installation", as I'm not sure what all to place in the Zip File??

The process of moving a Wordpress blog involves moving two elements.

1) The Wordpress Database - export this using phpMyAdmin.

2) Site Files - seems like you have this taken care of already. Zip up all the files on your hosted site.

Moving it to a new location is also a two step process. If you are trying to test this on your own hosting account just install it in a subdirectory for testing purposes.

1) Import the Database - again you use phpMyAdmin to do this. You have to make custom tweaks to 3 or 4 of the table elements. If you are installing into a subdomain then you use the subdomain location for these tweaks instead of a new domain. Super simple to do. Takes 5 minutes.

2) Extract Site Files - upload the zip file to the location that you plan to have the site hosted. Once uploaded you can extract it. The structure should be exactly the same as the original.

I followed a step-by-step guide to doing this whole thing. Took a bit to do it the first time. Now it takes me about 20 minutes max to move a wordpress blog. Here's the link to that guide: How To Move Wordpress To A New Server Or Host | JWRmedia.com

...one last thing...if the MySql database for your blog is larger than 5MB (I think) then it takes some extra steps as phpMyAdmin has problems exporting/importing larger databases and you have to use a script called "BigDump" (no joke) to make it happen.

This link describes the procedure of moving from one host to another.I don't intend to do that since I only have one host and I'm planning on installing my blog at Fitness Blog to another location (Such as www.plrwork.com/Another_location) on the same host. So will this guide apply in that case?

Thanks in advance.

@howudoin

Even if you're not switching hosts, the procedure remains the same. You can try to same procedure with an "Addon Domain" that you can add to your existing hosting account. You'll have to follow the same procedure.

So, you'll have to do the same thing to move your blog from "/Fitness_Demo/" to "/Another_location/". The only difference here will be that you won't need a database backup, since it is already accessible to the second location. But you DO need to copy all WordPress files in Fitness_Demo to Another_Location, and change the WP Homepage settings.

Regards,
Revolves

You need to export the wordpress database first. You'll do this in phpmyAdmin.

Go to PMA --> click on database --> Export
Make sure you check the zipped checkbox.

Now download all the wordpress files to your PC.These are the files:
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Also, download the wp-config.php file. It isn't listed there.

If you're using the same password as you use on other sites as the MySQL database password then make sure you delete it from the wp-config file.

Now zip all the files and send it to the buyer. Also send the zipped Backup of your database.

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On your question no. 2, I wanna know that too. Yesterday, I tried to do this but the database pointed to the older domain, so I had to manually add all the posts back with a new install on the other domain.