Magento homepage appears and not the intended website - magento

I have restored magento website from a backup. I have restored files and database without any issues. Also, I did configuration in local.xml file with the DB credentials.I am getting Magento home page now.
But I restored my custom website, so my home page should be that instead of a magento home page. Can someone please help me where I would be going wrong. Any ideas or thoughts would be really appreciated.
FYI, this is hosted in GoDaddy VPS with cpanel.

check in admin CMS-> pages home page is active and its configuration/design is correct in cms

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Also, ensure that all configuration on admin panel is set. When you upload database and make a new installation, even when uploading the old database, if you do not specify the same old encryption key, some configuration will be missing, for example payment provider tokens and so on.
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http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/v/viewthread/282544/#t391174
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