Can't access WordPress blog after host changed IP address of server
- by John
My host changed servers and all websites now have a new IP address. I have the same domain name and I assume the host runs the same nameservers, though my host and domain name provider are different.
Notes:
I never entered a Name or description under General/Settings for my blog. I left them both blank. That is when I could log into it.
The wp-config file, has localhost entered rather than a specific IP. Again this has always been the case and my host never advised otherwise.
I can get into cPanel by simply putting the newly advised IP in front of /Cpanel.
However, I can not reach the admin panel of my WordPress blog (version 2.8.2).
I had been loggin into it via http://xx.xx.xxx.xx/~example/blog/wp-login.php.
My host suggested to simply insert the new IP in place of the old one. I still get the error message:
404 Not Found
The server can not find the requested page:
Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.63 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 PHP/5.2.12 Server at 74.50.108.14 Port 80
I followed some tips on a question on Stack Overflow of a similar nature.
I have logged into phpMyAdmin and found the wp-options table and searched for
SELECT * FROM `wp_options` WHERE `option_name` IN ('siteurl', 'home')
Only option ID 39 came up and the results are:
Home has optionvalue http://example.org
siteurl has optionvalue http://example.org/blog
Both of which appear correct. Is there any part of the MySQL tables where I can change an actual IP address? Or is there something else you can advise?
