WebmasteringTips.com has now migrated to the new domain name – DesigningWeb.org.
Now, migrating WordPress blog from one server to another, with the same domain name, is rather common – all you need is to backup the Home directory and mySQL database in your old cPanel and restore them in your new server’s cPanel.
What I would like to cover here is how to migrate WordPress to new domain name, in this case, under the same server.
Similarly, you backup the Home directory and mySQL in your old cPanel and restore them in your new server cPanel. No big fuss here.
But wait, check out those permalinks and link reference – they are still with the old domain name. These are the extra steps to ensure a full migration :
1. Edit your wp-config.php to include :
define(‘WP_SITEURL’,'http://newdomain.com’);
definte(‘WP_HOME’,'http://newdomain.com’);
2. Install and activate Search and Replace plugin to replace the old domain with the new domain name.
3. Check and confirm your new blog is now all okay … permalinks work?
4. Redirect (301) your old domain to the new one in the old cPanel.
That’s it! Piece of cake 
