I designed a wordpress site with wamp server on localhost (my PC). The web address on my computer is localhost/mysite . After uploading the site and database to an online server, it is only the home page "www.mysite.com" that is opening. If I click any other page(eg about page), it will display "404 page not found" and the web address in the address will be localhost/mysite/about . But if I put the wamp server online the address with localhost/mysite will open.

Download the Search and Replace wordpress plugin >> https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-and-replace

Use it to search for localhost and replace with your website URL.

cheers

The main issue here is either a database clash or links clash here is some things to checkout for and do:

1) Locate your local files ie your wordpress file, find the file named "wp-sample-config.php" or wp-config.php" open it in a text editor find and replace the following strings of codes:
DB_NAME "localhost"
DB_USER "root"
DB_PWD "somepassword"

Replace localhost, root, and password with your own info (get this information from your web server )

2) While running your local server eg wampp, xampp, etc, open phpmyadmin to access your SQL Database (make sure your local server has phpmyadmin installed) open your SQL Database, open the Wordpress Database and export it as an sql file. The create a similar database with the same database name and import the database tables you exported. Test your site again if you still have issues drop it as a comment here or reach us on
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Thanks

probably you did not do the necessary adjustment on the wp config file.there are changes you should have done before transfering it to your live host

FRInteractives:
The main issue here is either a database clash or links clash here is some things to checkout for and do:

1) Locate your local files ie your wordpress file, find the file named "wp-sample-config.php" or wp-config.php" open it in a text editor find and replace the following strings of codes:
DB_NAME "localhost"
DB_USER "root"
DB_PWD "somepassword"

Replace localhost, root, and password with your own info (get this information from your web server )

2) While running your local server eg wampp, xampp, etc, open phpmyadmin to access your SQL Database (make sure your local server has phpmyadmin installed) open your SQL Database, open the Wordpress Database and export it as an sql file. The create a similar database with the same database name and import the database tables you exported. Test your site again if you still have issues drop it as a comment here or reach us on
Whatsapp or call: 2348072611343, BBM: 31076DE9

Thanks

After doing all that as stated above, you need to do one more thing:

From the wp dashboard, change the permalink of your site to the %Post%. This will solve the issue of error 404

princejude:
I designed a wordpress site with wamp server on localhost (my PC). The web address on my computer is localhost/mysite . After uploading the site and database to an online server, it is only the home page "www.mysite.com" that is opening. If I click any other page(eg about page), it will display "404 page not found" and the web address in the address will be localhost/mysite/about . But if I put the wamp server online the address with localhost/mysite will open.

To solve this, go to phpMyAdmin on ur live server, click on your database name and then click on SQL from the top menu, then paste the query below in it.

UPDATE wp_post SET post_content=REPLACE(post_content, 'localhost/mysite', 'www.yoursite.com');

Remember to change www.yoursite.com with yor actual site URL.
courtesy: http://tutorialslodge.com/how-to-move-a-local-wordpress-blog-to-a-live-server/

Thanks for all your wonderful contributions, the issue has been resolved, the site is online now. Check out the site www.jutronix.com and also comment on the design because I will like to here some professional advice and suggestions from our able webmasters here.