Places not showing after migration with domain name change

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  • March 26, 2018 at 1:20 pm #423365

    Lena Garner
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    Hello,

    After moving the new website from the beta folder to the new folder the links to the business pages are gone and I only receive a 404 error even after updating the permalinks section to reflect using the requested category slug ‘businesses’

    Also the Places menu option is no longer available in the admin section of the wordpress website. Is there a way to fix this with MyPHP admin? I do have a backup file of the database but I am not sure what I did wrong in the first place to be sure I don’t repeat the issue.

    Thank you

    March 26, 2018 at 2:09 pm #423380

    Kor
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    Hi Lena,

    Did you use the Search and Replace plugin to change the URLs so that it points to your new domain?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/

    Well, give it a try and let us know how it goes.

    Thanks!

    March 26, 2018 at 2:12 pm #423382

    Lena Garner
    Free User
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    No, I went into myPHP admin and used strings to replace all instances of the old domain with the new. The website is live, http://www.Fairbury.com, but the links to any places have disappeared, if you find a place there are no images and the link is fairbury.com/business-name instead of fairbury.com/businesses/business-name … if you navigate to the correct URL the picture and information is there but no map.

    Do you suggest I still use the Search and Replace plugin?

    Thank you

    March 26, 2018 at 2:16 pm #423386

    Alex Rollin
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    Working directly in the database can result in issues.

    Please see this link for more information about how to proceed https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/faqs/mixed-content/

    March 26, 2018 at 2:30 pm #423398

    Lena Garner
    Free User
    Post count: 6

    Yes it has caused issues with this plugin. I have tried to use the Better Search Replace plugin and now my website is completely down and I cannot access the admin section of the website. Do you have any other suggestions, I am going to go into my cPanel and deactivate this plugin and try to revive my site.

    Thanks.

    March 26, 2018 at 2:35 pm #423404

    Lena Garner
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    Would it be possible to go into the MyPHP admin and update the ‘guid’ to the old domain?

    March 26, 2018 at 2:39 pm #423406

    Alex Rollin
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    Anything is possible with sufficient time and resources.

    Restoring from a backup would be one way to go.

    March 26, 2018 at 2:43 pm #423408

    Lena Garner
    Free User
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    Ok, so after I do a backup restore, this search and replace will help update the domain urls without breaking the geodirectory plugin? Is there anything I need to avoid, such as updating the guid or anything else?

    March 26, 2018 at 4:09 pm #423434

    Kor
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    Hi Lena,

    Thanks for your reply. Please try restoring your site and follow the instructions here https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress that explains more about the migration process.

    Thanks!

    March 26, 2018 at 4:11 pm #423437

    Lena Garner
    Free User
    Post count: 6

    Thank you for the help, I am going to restore my site with the backups I have but I want to be sure I don’t break the plugin again when I update the URLs, is there anything I should avoid when I go to update again?

    March 26, 2018 at 5:47 pm #423470

    Lena Garner
    Free User
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    Hey! I got it!! I restored the website back to the original backups I had and then ONLY change the wp-options table for home and site url. Good to go now!!! Thanks for your prompt response 🙂

    March 27, 2018 at 12:13 am #423523

    Alex Rollin
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    You’re welcome!
    Glad you got it working!
    Thanks for letting us know

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