I’ve restored all the posts from 2003-2007. I currently have no access to posts from 2000 to 2003..but some day I will.

My intention was merely to restore the site. I don’t know yet if I will start posting again.

The problem I resolved in order to restore the site was that I had all the posts and comments from giantkicks.com saved in a sql file from when I was hosted on a different server/host, 1and1.com. The site files were all pointing to the old URL and a different database. Using phpMyAdmin I exported a sql file of my new install. With a copy of my old sql file open in notepad++, I used replace, found under “search”, or by pressing Ctrl+H, to update all the URLs, the database name to “wp_” from the old name ‘wp1_”and copied over the new “Data contents of table `wp_users`”.

It would have been nice if there was a simpler way to do it, but I couldn’t find one.

By the way I am now using hostgator. Their support has been excelent, as has been the stability and speed of their servers. I recommend them without reservation..and if you sign up using my link I get a referal bonus.