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This Dreamhost support thread was started by jamespiggot on 2010-02-20 05:53:50:

Post Reply? I have a WordPress blog set up in a sub-domain which will soon need to go live at the proper domain. The domain is currently registered and hosted elsewhere. I have set up the domain at DreamHost and have a ftp account. I can do an install of WordPress under the domain and that will generate a new MySQL database. I can ftp the WordPress files that I have changed to the new domain folder (theme and plugins mostly). But how do I transfer the MySQL database across, do I backup the subdomain database then restore it to the new domain database? The database will contain URLs that point to the old subdomain that need to be edited, there is a WordPRess Search and Replace plugin that will allow me to change the URLs. Then how do I test it is all working, is it possible to access the domain before the name servers are updated to point to dreamhost? Thanks, James

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