Transfering Wordpress Site from 1and1 to * ???

**MantrAveda** · Jun 6, 2009 23:47

Hey everyone,
I'm having sort of a problem figuring out how to transfer one of my wordpress blogs to another host and was wondering if there is anyone experienced here that could offer their knowledge

Basically I signed up for hosting with 1and1 when I got my first site (I didn't know any better). I created a blog out of that site but now I want to transfer it to another host such as hostgator or what-have-you.

How can I do this without having to start over from scratch and lose everything?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

EJ · Jun 7, 2009 00:42

Are you able to get access to the files and the mysql database? If so, simply download everything and reupload. There are obviously a few more steps inbetween, but I'm not completely versed on the process myself.

**dinhquanghuy** · Jun 7, 2009 02:37

I did this task several times ,and I think it's not so hard to do .
the first step : login to your dashboard , in tool option ,choose export and click download export file . This function will export data of your blog to a xml file and save it to your computer
The second step : install wordpress in the host you want to move your blog to . Go to dashboard ,in tool option ,choose import . Import xml file which saved in your computer .This function will restore all posts and comments in your new blog .
The last step : use a ftp software ,download all media data,such as video,image , and upload them to folders in new host . Please remember the folder structure in your 2 hosts is the same ,because if they are not similar ,the image can not be displayed .
Another way you can do to move your wordpress from a host to other host is download all file in your wordpress to computer ,upload it to new host . Access your database ,dump it to file .Create a database in new host with the name of your previous database and import database dumped file . But this way is not good because download and upload all file will take you a lot of time