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Need Some Help Transferring Site Contents

by etmcl
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I have just sold a website to a buyer and need some help with the transfer process. The buyer has his own domain name he wants to use with the site. He will be hosting the site on Bluehost and my hosting is through Hostgator.

I vaguely know how to transfer a domain and site to someone but still have issues trying to do it. Can anyone help me with what the differences will be when I'm moving a wordpress site to a different domain than the one I'm selling with the site? Would he need to install wordpress on his site and then I could just ftp the wp contents file to his site or is there more to it than that?

Any help would be appreciated. Or, if anyone is willing to do this cheaply let me know.
#contents #site #transferring
  • Profile picture of the author jam52633
    A couple of things:

    You will have to backup the database.

    Ftp all the wordpress files to the new host
    Set up the database
    Make sure the name and username for database is correct in the ws-config file

    Should work.

    If the domain is sold with the site, you should also transfer that into his name. He will probably want to set up a re-direct to his new domain name as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
      These directions are exactly what you need...

      http://www.warriorforum.com/war-room...ml#post2598086

      Last year, I decided to move a number of my Wordpress blogs to new hosting, and this walked me through the process step by step.

      EDIT: I can also put you in contact with a very reliable lady who (the last I heard),transfers WP blogs for just $10/each. I recommend her highly.
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      • Profile picture of the author katied772
        Originally Posted by AnniePot View Post

        These directions are exactly what you need...

        http://www.warriorforum.com/war-room...ml#post2598086

        Last year, I decided to move a number of my Wordpress blogs to new hosting, and this walked me through the process step by step.

        EDIT: I can also put you in contact with a very reliable lady who (the last I heard),transfers WP blogs for just $10/each. I recommend her highly.
        Can this person also transfer static sites to WP? If so, I'd really like her contact info.
        Thanks.
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        • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
          Originally Posted by katied772 View Post

          Can this person also transfer static sites to WP? If so, I'd really like her contact info.
          Thanks.
          I honestly don't know, but I'll ask her for you.

          I do have an outsourced worker who, I know, does offer this service. His actual charge depends upon the volume of material to be transferred, but I know his fee starts at $99.

          EDIT: To answer your question - no, she doesn't transfer static sites to WP...sorry
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Yes - it's very simple.

    We've covered it many times in detail before.

    The only other thing to bare in mind is if in the content/links of the site there are any absolute links to current pages. i.e if you're currently linking to www.currentdomain.com/page1 then the new owner will need to redirect that to a valid equivalent on their domain.

    All the normal WP stuff is covered by copying the files and database.

    Good luck with it.

    Andy
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    nothing to see here.

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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Here's some instructions
    http://domainingdiva.com/transfer.pdf
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