How can I move an existing Serendipity installation to a different place (server or path)?
This shows how to move Serendipity to a new directory, with pictures. First, you copy over all files from your old server to the new server. Especially pay attention that you copy the .htaccess and serendipity_config_local.inc.php files as well. If those files are not readable by your FTP user, you can use the little fixperm.php script from the “My upgrade failed!” section above to fix the permissions so that you can read the files. Second you must migrate the database. Use a tool like phpMyAdmin to create a db SQL dump file. Re-import that file on your new server. On your new server, make sure that all the permissions are set like they were on the old provider. Especially make sure that the files serendipity_config_local.inc.php and .htaccess are read+writable by the server, and the directory templates_c/ and uploads/ is read+writable by the server. Now edit the serendipity_config_local.inc.php file, you might need to insert the new DB user account data into that file. You also might
