wordpress problem: exporting site and installing on new address

Hi

I try to export a wordpress site I have and install it on my pc at localhost/newsite (localhost can be another domain in the future).
After I fixed all, the site?s homepage loads, but when I click a page, i get to the page?s url back it displays localhost main panel (all the folders etc?)
I use wamp.
WP ver 3.3.1

What I did:
1. Search replaced all domain.com to localhost/newsite
2. On wp-config.php I changed the DB definitions from the domain.com server to the localhost DB.
3. Then went to localhost?s phpmyadmin and imported the DB.

What am I missing here?
Why do the pages display the localhost admin panel instead of the page content (and show the page?s url)?

Can anyone help here?

I haven't experienced installing wordpress on a local wamp server, but when importing wp sites, you just have to import/export the files and the database and then edit the config php. im not sure what you did when you said "1. Search replaced all domain.com to localhost/newsite"

Why You did this :

bizbez said:

Hi

What I did:
1. Search replaced all domain.com to localhost/newsite

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I did something similar to this yesterday but I just generated a Full Backup from my host and download it to my pc.
I then uploaded the whole thing to my new host ((Host Winds) and they sorted it out for me so why dont you just do that?

There are several entries in the database where you may change the URL, too. Try to search for localhost within the tables. When I switched WP from one URL to another I had to do that, too.

In your database there are two entries you must change in the 'wp_options' table.

ok,found the problem.
I think it might be a WP bug.
it turns out i did everything correctly.
but after installation, i had to go the the permalinks settings, and just click save (dont change anything, just click save and everything worked fine).

Use WPTwin next time.

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thanks all for the help.