How to Make Changes to My Website?

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A simple question:

I have a static website that I want to change to a Wordpress site. My question is, how to make this transition?

Do I have to download all the existing files and then install Wordpress? Or can I delete the existing files through Cpanel and then set up Wordpress?

Bob
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  • Profile picture of the author Gerardas Norkus
    Bob,

    Here's how I would do it:

    You should download all your existing files to your computer, then install Wordpress.

    Then you should copy and paste your existing content into Wordpress.

    Unfortunately, I don't know if it's possible to keep the old file names? Any ideas Warriors?
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeCollins
      Originally Posted by Gerardas Norkus View Post


      Unfortunately, I don't know if it's possible to keep the old file names? Any ideas Warriors?
      You can use a 301 redirect to let the search engines know that the content has moved to a new page.

      You can either do it through .htaccess which would look like this:

      redirect 301 /oldfile.html h ttp://www.domainame(dot)com/new location

      OR...

      you can save a file under the old file name (oldfile.html) and paste this in:

      <?php
      // Permanent redirection
      header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
      header("Location: h ttp://your domain.com/new file location");
      exit();
      ?>

      Google is cool with either option.

      301 redirects - Webmasters/Site owners Help
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      • Profile picture of the author bobsalong
        Thanks, Mike & Gerardas. I'll have to check out more about 301 redirects.
        Bob
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