Imported db not rendering site

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I have installed concrete5 with a new webhost, created a blank database for the install then imported the saved database to the blank one.

However, when I go to the site, nothing is showing apart from the css elements on the page.

Am I missing a step?

trixiemay
 
Gondwana replied on at Permalink Reply
Gondwana
Full instructions are athttp://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/installation/moving-a... Even assuming you had no customised files, I think you'd need to consider the 'Update Configuration' section.
trixiemay replied on at Permalink Reply
trixiemay
Thanks but I just have the database exported from the last C5 site.
How do I change the database details in MyPHPAdmin so the details match?
Unfortunately I didn't keep record!!
Gondwana replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
Gondwana
I think it's normally done the other way around: you don't change the imported database, but you change application/config/database.php to match it. Your new (imported) database will have a host, database name, user name and password, most of which you will have explicitly specified when you created it on the new host. You put those details in application/config/database.php.

I guess there's a chance that the new database has exactly the same details as its predecessor, in which case this step may not be necessary.

(And I think the link I gave earlier got mangled: let's try this:http://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/installation/moving-a... .)
trixiemay replied on at Permalink Reply
trixiemay
SOLVED!
I am using an older version of C5 due to server restrictions but I had used the wrong db - imported the one originally created when I first installed the site and all renders great.