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Originally Posted by HardlinkSells
Phpmyadmin is the easiest way
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No it isn't.
Back up all your content folders locally. Use this plugin:
http://austinmatzko.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-db-backup/ - or whatever db backup plugin you prefer. That one works fine for me.
Change your DNS information. Create a new db. Install WP at your new host. Edit wp-config to your new db settings. Upload your database, upload your content.
I recently (about 2 months ago) moved some long established blogs to Amerinoc. Except for uploading all my content (which took a loooong time...), it took about 10 minutes to move the sites and have WP working as it was.
Transfer sites - install WP - upload databases. Maybe DirectAdmin made it easy, but it was surprisingly simple and quick.
Sorry for perpetuating the thread hijack...
As for copying contentless WP installs, I would simply upload the same theme with different settings to each domain. I usually restrict the same theme to about three sites or so, but...
Install WP on 20 different sites. Upload the same theme to each of those sites. 20 identical, contentless sites.
You have your master install saved locally, then you would download each seperate site into its own folder on your HD (back up your content, wp-config, etc.) Any changes to the overall design will be done to the master folder, any changes to content will be saved to the unique folder for that domain.
This is getting so long, I'm boring myself.