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How to do WP install on temp Domain & move when site is complete?

by Jim K
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HELLO WARRIORS!

Was hoping someone could shed some light on this for me as I have never done this & am having difficulty finding the answers on my own. I recently got my FIRST paying client (YEAH!) & am doing a redesign on his website. His current site is a plain and ugly static site built back 96 & I will be updating with a WordPress site.

I want to build his site on one of my domains, sub domains or sub folder & once complete, move the site to his domain & server so as to not have much down time on his site. I have yet to install WordPress on anything other than a MAIN domain so I am a bit unsure how to install on sub folder or sub domain. I know it is pretty simple to do though.

I have Jason Fladlien's WP Twin which I was going to use to move the site. His directions on how to "move" a site using his script is pretty self explanatory, but I have heard that WordPress hard codes the install URL into some of it's files. So I am a bit unsure that I don't have to do something else beyond their directions for moving a site.

Can anyone offer up some advice how to proceed with this? Also would it be best to do the temp install on an empty domain, a sub folder or a sub domain on one of my sites? If it would be best to do on a sub domain or folder, how do I do that without messing up the main site I put the temp site on?

Would greatly appreciate ANY advice from fellow Warriors!!

Thanks
JimK
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    You install it in subfolder or on a subdomain exactly as you would in the root:
    - create DB
    - edit wp-config.php
    - upload the content of the downloaded/unzipped 'wordpress' package to the subfolder/subdomain (NOT the wordpress folder itself!)
    - run the install


    Now, as for moving (I only do manual stuff, so I cannot comment on all those fancy plugins/scripts... which I never trust, LOL)

    The install URL is not in the files but in the database: wp-options table > site_url and home rows.

    To move here is the simplest possible method:
    - backup/export the database via phpmyadmin as a sql file
    - copy over the WP files and directories to the new location
    - import the database file and edit the 2 URLs (see above)
    - based on the new database's info edit the wp-config file and upload it
    - the blog shoud work
    - if needed, run the search and replace plugin to rectify things like upload paths, image urls etc, in the database
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    • Profile picture of the author Jim K
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      You install it in subfolder or on a subdomain exactly as you would in the root:
      - create DB
      - edit wp-config.php
      - upload the content of the downloaded/unzipped 'wordpress' package to the subfolder/subdomain (NOT the wordpress folder itself!)
      - run the install


      Now, as for moving (I only do manual stuff, so I cannot comment on all those fancy plugins/scripts... which I never trust, LOL)

      The install URL is not in the files but in the database: wp-options table > site_url and home rows.

      To move here is the simplest possible method:
      - backup/export the database via phpmyadmin as a sql file
      - copy over the WP files and directories to the new location
      - import the database file and edit the 2 URLs (see above)
      - based on the new database's info edit the wp-config file and upload it
      - the blog shoud work
      - if needed, run the search and replace plugin to rectify things like upload paths, image urls etc, in the database
      Thank you so much Istvan!! This forum is absolutely awesome!

      I have not yet done a "manual" install of WordPress, only done it so far through Cpanel. Sounds like it is time for me to learn. I think utilizing Wp Twin, it is supposed to create a new database on the new domain. Very confusing how this could work with what you said. It seems that there would still be other things to change than what they say.

      Supposedly you install the site, set everything up the way you want it, clone the site, delete old website on clients server, install WordPress on clients server and "deploy" the clone. From my understanding this is all you have to do utilizing their script, but this just does not make sense to me, how this could work with no problems, with everything I have read.

      Does anyone have any experience using WP Twin to do what I am trying to do here that they would be willing to share? It is my understanding that this script is supposed to make this extremely easy & fast to do. I am just a little nervous doing this for the first time on a clients site:-)

      Thanks again Istvan for taking the time to answer my questions with such detail, very much appreciated!!
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      • Profile picture of the author TheMGMProject
        The only time you will come across problems and need to do a manual install of wordpress Jim is when yours or your clients host doesnt have fantastico available.At all other times i would opt for the fatastico option as its soooooo easy.

        wptwin is installed over the top of a fresh install of wordpress and basically overwrites certain files while installing the new site.It also overwrites the db.

        I also use backupbuddy which is handy when fantastico isnt an option as this installs all the wordpress files as well as your new site, only downside is that you have to create a db but there are easy instructions available.

        This is all in my own experience, they may differ from host to host.

        Hope that is of some help

        Mick
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        • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
          Originally Posted by Mickswebsites View Post

          The only time you will come across problems and need to do a manual install of wordpress Jim is when yours or your clients host doesnt have fantastico available.
          If you put it in this way... like when "needed" - I beg to differ.
          Whenever you want control over your site - you need to learn and do manual install.

          Originally Posted by Mickswebsites View Post

          At all other times i would opt for the fatastico option as its soooooo easy.
          Easy isn't, necessarily, better

          Originally Posted by Mickswebsites View Post

          This is all in my own experience
          Exactly

          We all have different experiences and different preferences.
          However, for the task described in the OP (in case that you missed reading... ) namely, to build the WP powered site on his own server and then to transfer it to the client's site - Fantastico is a stupid suggestion.
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