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10 April 2016, 11:55 am
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Questions About Moving Site
I'm going to be moving my HTML based website to a new host and I will be changing the website over to WordPress. I'm trying to figure out the best way to cut down time. It will take me some time to get the website setup on WordPress because it is a new platform to me. Is there a way for me to setup the WordPress theme and get it ready on a different domain or something similar and then move the domain over to the new host and apply the theme to that domain? Is it possible to move the site in its current state and setup the WordPress theme on a subdomain? I'm open and searching for any input on a better way to do this. Thanks in advance!
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10 April 2016, 12:24 pm
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I've just been through the same thing. Some hosting companies do hosting with a tem domain that you can then switch over when ready. I used GoDaddy for mine, did the trick and was hassle free.
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10 April 2016, 4:16 pm
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I did the same thing a few years ago. I transferred a html site to wordpress and moved it to a different server.
I set up the wordpress site and added all the posts, pages, images, etc to it. Then I created a .htaccess file that redirects the html pages to the wordpress pages, etc and uploaded the .htaccess file into the old html site.
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10 April 2016, 5:13 pm
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There are a number of ways this can be done depending in the type of hosting you are moving to.
You can do it on an ip, disable search bots temporarily, and then when the site is ready, make the changes in dns or cpanel if on the same server and then change the root name in wordpress to point at the domain and not the ip address. You could actually also do it on a sub-domain.
As others have said, you should also do the htaccess to redirect the html pages to the pages/posts on the wordpress site.
Rick
Universal4
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11 April 2016, 8:34 pm
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Thanks for the replies. I'm going to be moving one site over to Host Gator to try them out. They told me to setup the Wordpress on a different domain or a subdomain and once I get it ready it can be switched over to the correct domain. Does this sound correct? I'm going to be changing it from HTML to Wordpress and I have no Wordpress experience so it's going to be a process.
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12 April 2016, 12:02 am
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A different domain or a subdomain can work, but be sure to disallow bots and set the site to not be indexed until after it is switched over.
Rick
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12 April 2016, 9:28 pm
#7
How exactly do you disallow bots and set a site to not be indexed? Is that done in the robots file?
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13 April 2016, 3:41 am
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you can transfer to new host and wait until you point the DNS "acces driect via IP Adress.. so your original site will still stay up until you are finished, or you could just build on your local drive then upload all to new host
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13 April 2016, 8:48 am
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If you transfer to another host before the site is built it doesn't help with the original question of building out the site first.
To stop the site from being indexed,
Log in to wordpress
In the left navigation go to Settings
Reading
Tick the checkbox for "Discourage search engines from indexing this site"
Also it is a good idea to add a robots.txt to disallow all
Upon site completion:
Be sure when the site is ready and you make the dns changes to uncheck the box in settings, edit the robots.txt to allow the engines
And set the Wordpress Address URL and Site Address URL to the permanent domain name in the Left Navigation under Settings - General (This should be the temporary domain name until the site is built)
Rick
Universal4
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13 April 2016, 10:49 pm
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Thanks for the great information everyone. I guess I'm off to try to learn Wordpress now!
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13 April 2016, 11:37 pm
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Is that WordPress can import ALL webpages from a HTML based website automatically with a click ?
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16 April 2016, 10:23 pm
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I want to do a completely new design on the website so I don't need to do an import. As of now a have a HTML website up on a host and I want to move it to Host Gator and do a completely new design on Wordpress.
I thought I understood how to do this, but I have only dealt with HTML or Dreamweaver and my current host since the beginning. I need to keep the website up in its current HTML state until I get the new design ready. If I try to build a new wordpress site on a different domain, how can I correctly set it up to correctly load images or point links correctly if I'm on a different domain? Is this possible or am I just missing something?
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17 April 2016, 3:06 pm
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Your question about image source locations depends on whether the cources on the html site are relative (in relation tot he root folder /) or they are abosolute (in relation to the http://domainname/foldername/)
You could actually copy the source code from Dreamweaver code view into the pages or posts of wordpress, but I would suggest pasting into notepad first and changing image src locations if needed.
This would allow you to search and replace the src locations with the new locations, then copy back into the clipboard and then paste into the page or post in test view.
Be aware that if you have a heavy use of css formatting on the html site, you will need to rename the styles, or add the css to the template's css. If the majority of the code os straight html without much css formatting, it will actually be fairly smooth once you get started and figure out the best method of copying/pasting.
If you are unsure about this part, give us an example page or two and we can take a look and possibly make further recommendations.
Rick
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19 April 2016, 10:41 pm
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I'm not trying to copy over any of the current content, I'm looking to start over with a brand new wordpress design. The site is currently all HTML and being hosted at Carpathia. I want to start over with the new wordpress design at Host Gator. I don't know if (a)there is a way for me to keep the site at Carpathia up and build the new design at Host Gator, (b) Move the HTML design over to Host Gator and build the new design at Host Gator, or a way I'm not sure of. Should I set it up on a different domain, a sub-domain, or something else? I would prefer to set the new design up with the correct link structure as I'm not sure if there is a way to set it up on a different domain and move it over without spending a lot of time changing links. My main issue is how to move to the new host with a completely new design with minimum downtime. Since I don't know wordpress it will take some time to complete a new design so I want to be sure when I get going and get finished I can move it to the correct domain without issue.
Sorry if I'm asking some of the same questions but I'm really unsure of the best way to do this. I do appreciate all the help and input!
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19 April 2016, 11:37 pm
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Yes,the way a few of us have stated.
Either on a sub domain or on an ip or a different domain.
I explained it in this post https://www.gpwa.org/forum/questions...tml#post814494 the only thing different is that you will be creating all new pages instead of copying the content from the old pages over.
Rick
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