issues when transfering website to new host

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  jasonc310771 · Member · Feb 17, 2017 at 5:31 pm

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  I have made a full backup of the website and the database, copied it all to a new account on a new server and changed the database names in the config file as new host limits the name length. But when I try to view the site using the server 123.123.123.123/~mysite it shows a blank page, so i tried to view the admin page and get the ‘actual’ php code !, bits missing from the output, but the source code shows the raw php code.

  How can I test that the files have moved over and the site shows ok before changing the DNS ?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  jasonc310771 · Member · Feb 17, 2017 at 5:41 pm

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  the blog is not that which is shown in the post? not sure why that showed up !

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  jasonc310771 · Member · Feb 17, 2017 at 6:07 pm

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  update, I found that there was an .htaccess file that was causing the first issue of the php code showing up. But still I get a blank page.

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  staff-loquaciousloon · Staff · Feb 24, 2017 at 4:53 pm

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  Hi @jasonc310771!

  The folks over at http://WordPress.org/support will be better able to help with the kinds of issues you’re seeing no that you’ve made the move to self hosting :)