Moving a site & Turning it into a WP

desireeaib · 10-14-2009, 10:26 AM

Okay, I'm thinking about moving my site from a free hosting service to a gator host. Wanted to know if would mess any traffic stuff up?

Secondly, I wanted to change it to a Word Press vs a Website.

My thinking, and I did this on my own, that the word press maybe easier to add things to but the Website is easier to have sub pages since word press is a blog style. I'm not going to blog, well I did start a blog on my site, so I guess I am.

But the site give you a static page that further is a presell to all my offers. I maybe going about the entire thing wrong!

Okay the site is all on topic and offers information/content as well as sells products on the information/content I am talking about. So it's several products services all related to the theme of the website.

Would WP or Website be better?

Bex7175 · 10-14-2009, 10:35 AM

Personally I'd go for Wordpress, unless you've poured loads of hours into your existing website to make it look incredible and function flawlessly. WP is so much easier to update quickly and easily, and can be made to look excellent quickly with loads of ready-made themes (or the option to create your own), and of course innumerable plug-ins for any purpose imaginable.

If the products and the information that you're advertising are likely to change quite often then it would definitely make life easier for you in keeping everything up to date.

As for your hosting service swap over, this shouldn't do anything to affect the traffic that you've built up to your site.

SimonFairbairn · 10-14-2009, 12:14 PM

WordPress is not just a blogging platform. It can easily become a fully-featured Content Management System and you can have as many static pages on your site as you want.

It's easier to create pages in WordPress than it is to hand code them - plus WP takes care of all the internal linking so less likely of having a bunch of broken links on your pages.

It also features a number of in-built functions that make it easy to control the users experience and direct them to the pages you want them to see in the order you want to see them.

Google also loves WordPress, especially the pretty permalinks.

desireeaib · 10-14-2009, 04:31 PM

Okay! Thanks

What about PHP and HTML uploads? I've had an issue or two with that because Yola use to be Syntha Site doesn't allow PHP uploads or certain files because of security which prevents me from doing a few things I wanted to do. Which is another reason I'm moving to Gator Host and using Filezilla for file management (I don't really know I just know that is what I'm following is using thus I'll do it too.) Really the tutorials are on all video and good explaining but not much feedback if questions. BUT finding this site has been a DREAM so much information so many people willing to share. Love it!

desireeaib · 10-14-2009, 08:26 PM

Okay I have another quick question. I have a blog that I haven't posted on in a year, but it is #2 on google and has 183 back links. No one has my domain name keywords BUT my domain name is tied to blogspot. Can I move my blog to a WP self contained blog, take my domain name and leave blogspot but maintain my rank, ranking, backlinks etc?

Asking because it gets great traffic and I wanted to use that to drive traffic to my other sites and grow that site. I get about 100 hits a day. Goes up and more clicks n my adsense when I post!

10-14-2009, 10:26 AM	#1
desireeaib Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Posts: 63 Thanks: 21 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Moving a site & Turning it into a WP Okay, I'm thinking about moving my site from a free hosting service to a gator host. Wanted to know if would mess any traffic stuff up? Secondly, I wanted to change it to a Word Press vs a Website. My thinking, and I did this on my own, that the word press maybe easier to add things to but the Website is easier to have sub pages since word press is a blog style. I'm not going to blog, well I did start a blog on my site, so I guess I am. But the site give you a static page that further is a presell to all my offers. I maybe going about the entire thing wrong! Okay the site is all on topic and offers information/content as well as sells products on the information/content I am talking about. So it's several products services all related to the theme of the website. Would WP or Website be better?

10-14-2009, 10:35 AM	#2
Bex7175 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Moving a site & Turning it into a WP Personally I'd go for Wordpress, unless you've poured loads of hours into your existing website to make it look incredible and function flawlessly. WP is so much easier to update quickly and easily, and can be made to look excellent quickly with loads of ready-made themes (or the option to create your own), and of course innumerable plug-ins for any purpose imaginable. If the products and the information that you're advertising are likely to change quite often then it would definitely make life easier for you in keeping everything up to date. As for your hosting service swap over, this shouldn't do anything to affect the traffic that you've built up to your site.
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10-14-2009, 12:14 PM	#3
SimonFairbairn Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 21 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: Moving a site & Turning it into a WP WordPress is not just a blogging platform. It can easily become a fully-featured Content Management System and you can have as many static pages on your site as you want. It's easier to create pages in WordPress than it is to hand code them - plus WP takes care of all the internal linking so less likely of having a bunch of broken links on your pages. It also features a number of in-built functions that make it easy to control the users experience and direct them to the pages you want them to see in the order you want to see them. Google also loves WordPress, especially the pretty permalinks.

10-14-2009, 04:31 PM	#4
desireeaib Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Posts: 63 Thanks: 21 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Moving a site & Turning it into a WP Okay! Thanks What about PHP and HTML uploads? I've had an issue or two with that because Yola use to be Syntha Site doesn't allow PHP uploads or certain files because of security which prevents me from doing a few things I wanted to do. Which is another reason I'm moving to Gator Host and using Filezilla for file management (I don't really know I just know that is what I'm following is using thus I'll do it too.) Really the tutorials are on all video and good explaining but not much feedback if questions. BUT finding this site has been a DREAM so much information so many people willing to share. Love it!

10-14-2009, 08:26 PM	#5
desireeaib Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Posts: 63 Thanks: 21 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Moving a site & Turning it into a WP Okay I have another quick question. I have a blog that I haven't posted on in a year, but it is #2 on google and has 183 back links. No one has my domain name keywords BUT my domain name is tied to blogspot. Can I move my blog to a WP self contained blog, take my domain name and leave blogspot but maintain my rank, ranking, backlinks etc? Asking because it gets great traffic and I wanted to use that to drive traffic to my other sites and grow that site. I get about 100 hits a day. Goes up and more clicks n my adsense when I post!