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Migrating HTML Site to Wordpress?

by JoeUK
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I've been reading a few articles online and I'm not too sure how I would go about doing this. How do I build the new wordpress site while the existing HTML site remains intact until the final move? Do I need a secondary domain that I use to build it on and only transfer the old domain over and change all the pages/post urls once it is all completed satisfactorily? Thanks for any help as this seems a little daunting and I hope there is a simple(ish) answer!
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  • Profile picture of the author tweakr
    There is a couple ways to go about doing this.
    -One way would be to setup a local server and build your WordPress site on it, once you are happy with it move it to your live server.
    -Another way would be to create a sub-domain/sub-folder on your existing domain (make sure to block it from public access) and develop the new WordPress site there. Once it's ready move it to the top level.

    I'm not sure what operating system you are using but if you are thinking about setting up a local server for your site development, an easy to use option is xampp.
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  • Profile picture of the author shantanu
    use the encapsulation technology here means u can wrap all the data in a single data unit and can upload to the wordpress hosting without any worries.
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  • Profile picture of the author indianhub
    You can use experts of wordpress. they will setup all things for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Abledragon
    These two articles cover the process of migrating an HTML site to WordPress - this first one highlights some things to think about:

    Migrate an HTML Website to WordPress | WealthyDragon

    And this one gives the step-by-step process:

    HTML to WordPress: How to Convert Your Site | WealthyDragon

    Cheers,

    Martin.
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  • Profile picture of the author tylerherman
    Originally Posted by JoeUK View Post

    I've been reading a few articles online and I'm not too sure how I would go about doing this. How do I build the new wordpress site while the existing HTML site remains intact until the final move? Do I need a secondary domain that I use to build it on and only transfer the old domain over and change all the pages/post urls once it is all completed satisfactorily? Thanks for any help as this seems a little daunting and I hope there is a simple(ish) answer!
    It sounds like you don't know what you are doing so it may be pretty hard for you. My question is, why are you moving to WordPress? Maybe we can suggest something easier for you.

    If you have to use Wordpress you would set up a local install, set up your theme and design, import content blah blah... then when ready export your localhost database, put it on the server then migrate the local install to the server.
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    • Profile picture of the author JoeUK
      Hey thanks for the replies as I'm sure this topic will have been covered before

      I am currently using wordpress and so I'm comfortable with themes/permalinks/adding content etc. The reason I want to move this one site over is that it has a number of cross browser issues and instead of addressing them in HTML I'd rather just go to wordpress and avoid any future issues in that respect. Also, much of my content is now buried within the site and a nice wordpress theme would help to bring it back up to the surface and make the most of it.

      It's just the domain/urls I don't really understand. Is it a case of when building the new wordpress pages just constructing the permalinks the so that they are the same as the original site pages? I've read about redirects but I understand this is only for pages that cannot be replicated?

      I'm not looking to do this immediately so I will re-read through the replies, check out the links provided and only proceed when I feel I have a proper understanding of everything thats involved...
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  • Profile picture of the author Jerry Jackson
    Hey Joe,

    Wordpress builds the permalinks from the page or post title generally - replacing spaces with hyphens. Straight forward enough for pages but for posts (which reside in categories/sub-categories) it's a bit different, you can set up a custom structure for this ie: /year/month/day/postname - or simply /category/postname and so on, this can be done from the "permalinks" section in the WP admin so no faffing about with htaccess is necessary.
    Don't forget cross browser issues are usually css based, so if you're doing a direct visual port of your old site which is giving you these issues, then you're often just as well extending an established WP theme (thesis, twentyeleven) and building from there. I've done this many times and it's a lot faster than you might think if you have some css knowledge.

    Good luck!
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