Moving Serendipity to another domain

[markw314]

I'm moving my installation of serendipity to a new server and a new domain. I've moved the files, moved the database, and edited the serendipity_config_local.inc.php to reflect the new server details. But I'm getting a 500 error that gives me no details.

Here's what I did in detail:

• Created a new database on the new server - the host automatically names dbs and assigns usernames and passwords.
  Used phpmyadmin (on the old server) to export an SQL file of the entire serendipity database
  Used phpmyadmin (on the new server) to import the SQL file to recreate the database. All looks good.
  Downloaded serendipity files to my local machine
  Edited the serendipity_config_local.inc.php file to reflect the new database name, user and password.
  Uploaded the serendipity files to the new server. .htaccess files transferred successfully as well.

Any suggestions? I'd rather not go through a complete reinstall.

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

A HTTP 500 error usually means that you

- get a PHP fatal error or
- your .htaccess file is invalid
- or your file permissions do not allow the server to read the s9y files

The best owuld be to look up your apache error log, where a verbose detail of your 500 error will be listed.

Regards,
Garvin

[markw314]

Checked all permissions, and they're 755, so it should be good.

I just started with this host, so I need to see what kind of logs I can get. Other PHP files seem to be working ok

Thanks.