Installation complete, merging of WP to self hosted site complete, but will not let me login as .com/wp-admin/? Why?

Hey Chris! Thank you heaps for the advice. I've got a few questions.

How would I backup my current database?

Where do I upload the Search-Replace-DB-master folder? Through Cpanel or filezilla?

And where would I remove it once I finish uploading? Through Cpanel as well?

I'm a big time newb.

Thanks so much.

How would I backup my current database?

In cPanel on the main page under the databases section there is phpMyAdmin, open that and on the left hand side of the page will be a list of databases, select the one associated with your WordPress installation and follow the instructions as per the following link.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database#Backup_Process_with_phpMyAdmin

Where do I upload the Search-Replace-DB-master folder? Through Cpanel or filezilla?

You can use either cPanel's file manager or FileZilla, they both do the same thing with the exception that FileZilla uses FTP protocols while cPanel's file manager uses HTML5 technologies

And where would I remove it once I finish uploading? Through Cpanel as well?

Again you can use either.

I'm trying to upload the Search Replace folder to cpanel, but it wont upload the whole folder. There are about 6 items in it, do I have to upload each little piece manually?

Can I just delete the previous account I had that's now websitename.wordpress.com ?

I've always owned the domain name.

If you use FilaZilla you can upload the entire folder in one hit, within cPanel you can upload the ZIP file and then extract it via file manager by right clicking on the file and hitting extract.

When you say upload the Search Replace file to the same folder as wp-config, are you talking about the public_html foldeR?? I did that and step 3, which was 'Visit websitename.com/Search-Replace-DB-master in your browser.' didn't work, it said 'page not found' but it was still under the context of my website

When you say upload the Search Replace file to the same folder as wp-config, are you talking about the public_html foldeR??

Yep.

I did that and step 3, which was 'Visit websitename.com/Search-Replace-DB-master in your browser.' didn't work, it said 'page not found' but it was still under the context of my website

It sounds like either

• the folder isn't called Search-Replace-DB-master
• or Search-Replace-DB-master is nested within another folder within your public_html directory

:(

I did all of that, the folder name is right and in the correct spot and it's still not working :( Is there any other route I can take to fix this ?

It's so bizarre.

Without been able to see your file manager it's hard to say what the issue at hand is, if you could please take a screenshot of your file manager, one of your public_html and one of the Search-Replace-DB-master folder contents.

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y390/micaelajune/ScreenShot2014-10-02at51700AM_zpsf75d9d4b.png

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y390/micaelajune/ScreenShot2014-10-02at51708AM_zps903949d9.png

Let me know if the links work!!!

Everything looks fine in your screenshots, I did however visit your site and http://xxxxxxxx.com/Search-Replace-DB-master/ worked for me, I've blanked out your domain on purpose but for me the page came up as expected.

Weird, I just tried it again, and it worked for me too. So you're sure that once I do this I won't have any more problems with wordpress toggling back and forth between xxxxxx.wordpress.com and xxxxxx.com? I think/hope I backed up my database correctly.. Do I mark the regrex box in Search Replace DB master?

So you're sure that once I do this I won't have any more problems with wordpress toggling back and forth between xxxxxx.wordpress.com and xxxxxx.com?

Yes, I use this tool every time I make backups of production databases for use locally.

Do I mark the regrex box in Search Replace DB master?

No, you only need that box for specific string matches, switching the site url is a simple find and replace.

Okay, quick question before I do the Search Replace DB thing, you don't think that the reason it's toggling is because I'm visiting a different country? (probably a silly question but I don't know if that messes with the server or anything) I'm just worried that I'll mess everything up and do not want to do that.

I SO APRECIATE YOUR HELP!

Okay, quick question before I do the Search Replace DB thing, you don't think that the reason it's toggling is because I'm visiting a different country?

No, as I said earlier the redirect occurs because the old URL is still in the database, when WordPress detects you're not logged in it uses your site URL to switch to the login page.

I'm just worried that I'll mess everything up and do not want to do that.

The worst that can happen is the URL has a typo in which you can fix that by running the tool again but instead you would search for the typoed string instead the old URL, in all the times I've run this tool I've never had it fail or mess things up.

Okay, so I just did the whole 'Search Replace DB' process on chrome, and then went back and deleted the folder through cpanel, and it the website didn't toggle....but then I tried it in Safari, and it still pulled up the wordpress.com site, so I did the 'Search Replace DB' process on Safari and it didn't toggle anymore.. Would that make sense that I had to do that? Or is that odd?

Now it's gone back to toggling between xxxxxx.wordpress.com and xxxxxx.com (oh no!), why would it do that after I did the search replace db thing, and for both browsers?

I'm very desperate, and have been working on fixing this for probably 10 hours total :(. Is there any way I can give you my wordpress info so you can log in and have a look?

Hi Micaela,

I just tried your URL and it now shows the correct redirect URL for me, things you can try.

1. Clear your cache
2. Try a different browser

Apart from that I can see that the search and replace tool has done it's job.

Hey Chris!

I've actually never had a problem with being redirected if you go to mywebsitename.wordpress.com . I've owned the domain for awhile. The problem is that for some reason when I go to mywebsitename.com/wp-admin (to edit my site using self hosting capabilities) I am being redirecting to login to mywebsitename.wordpress.com and it's requiring the u/n and p/w I had before I began to process to self host. So when I try to put in my new u/n and p/w (that I created when I installed WP in the self hosting process) it doesn't work and says it's unrecognizable or the account has been deleted or something like that. So anytime I try logging into my website through myurl.com/wp-admin I am being redirected to log in to myurl.wordpress.com . It's like it's picking up on two different websites with the same URL, but I've never even used the xxxxx.wordpress.com URL because like I've owned the domain for awhile. I hope what I'm saying makes sense. It's just frustrating because I want it to be fluid and consistent, where I'm able to simply login to myurl.com/wp-admin and edit my site that way, I don't want to have anything to do with xxxx.wordpress.com . How can this be fixed?