Changing a domain for a current WP site without having it go inactive
Changing a domain for a current WP site without having it go inactive
Changing a domain for a current WP site without having it go inactive
wp_options isn’t the only place you need to change the link, do the following : Go to the live site and download the plugin WP Migrate DB, it has really good interface so you will make it from there. The plugin will change all links and give you exported .sql file with them, without changing … Read more
The problem Chrome’s console, or Safari’s or Firebug for Firefox are essential tools for a developer. Here’s a snapshot that shows exactly what’s going wrong with your site: you still have urls that point to the old address. Observation Adminer is a wonderful tool, but if your server don’t have PhpMyAdmin that’s really a bad … Read more
Just use a utility like “winZip” to archive your wp-content folder (don’t bother with wp-includes and wp-admin) and then unzip it on the server. (You don’t have to zip it, but it’s much quicker to upload). For step 4, I use a script by David Coveney, which takes care of serialized urls in the databse. … Read more
In the WordPress admin of the new site, go to Below Steps For Export Steps Tools>Export(Choose What to export). Click “Download Export File” and save the file. Tools>Import. Select “WordPress“, install the importer by clicking “Install” in the popup, and “Activate Plugin & Run Importer“. select the file to upload (the one you just downloaded). … Read more
Migrations are a bit off-topic, but typically you would set up the new WordPress site locally or as a staging site, meaning it could be on the final server, but you’re using a different URL while you get everything set up. Once you have all the content loaded, all the themes and plugins how you … Read more
Congrats on your first client. I’m glad you are looking around to make sure that you start off on the right foot. Like anything that you start in life, your experience will increase over time and the more you practice. However, we live in a digital age and popular open-source platforms such as WordPress have … Read more
There is no direct way to ‘convert’ an old site. If you did attempt it, there would be much customized programming needed to grab data from the CF pages into the WordPress site. It can be done, but I don’t know if the effort is worth it. It all depends on the site content. If … Read more
It’s easy and possible. all you need to do is export your content from wp.com (wp-admin/tools/export) and import it to your new website (wp-admin/tools/import). That should be all, I would also suggest that you purchase https://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ so if a visitor goes to mywebsite.wordpress.com, they get redirected to mywebsite.com
You need the files and a database, so here you are missing the database. follow these steps: http://www.wpexplorer.com/migrating-wordpress-website/