[wp-hackers] BackupBuddy Migration to Bluehost=no thumbnails & image size=0x0

[Andrew Bartel]

Jason,

I've had great success with the WP Migrate DB (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-migrate-db/) plugin, as it updates
serialized data.

-Andrew Bartel


On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Chason Chaffin <chason at gmail.com> wrote:

> If the domain name or path info changed, its possible that a plugin
> serialized the image path and is counting the number of characters. You'll
> see something like a:37{c:http://domain.com/asfd/blah.jpg} (that's just a
> guess, don't have a moment to look up what it actually looks like.
>
> Also, awesome name man. ;)
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Jason Chafin <jasonchafin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Wordpress Hackers,
> >
> > I'm having an issue with a site migration and I can't seem to figure out
> > the deal. I hope this is a correct forum for such a problem. I have a
> > client who wants to a) transfer her site to Bluehost and b) register a
> new
> > domain as her primary domain. As Bluehost allows domain registration, I
> > registered a new hosting account and domain at the same time and set the
> > new domain as the primary domain for this account. The plan is to get the
> > site moved, then redirect the old URL to the new one once its all set up.
> > This allows me to keep the old one going for as long as it takes to get
> the
> > new one dialed. The old site has BackupBuddy, so I followed the steps for
> > migrating a site. I love BackupBuddy and this process has normally worked
> > perfectly when I've done it before. However, this time I can't seem to
> get
> > the thumbnails to register and all the images in my media library show
> > sizes of "0x0". If I go in and edit an image, the link properly directs
> to
> > the new uploads directory properly and if I copy/paste the link into a
> new
> > browser page it shows properly. I have tried regenerating all the
> > thumbnails; however, the plugin "doesn't find" any of the images it is to
> > regenerate the thumbnails for.
> >
> > I have tried exporting the site several times in various manners and
> always
> > seem to get the same result: Media Library shows no thumbnails and image
> > sizes are 0x0.
> >
> > Has anybody ever encountered this, or can anyone point me in the
> direction
> > of a solution? I'm flummoxed.
> >
> > Jason
> >
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> > messy bloodbath.
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