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make new site while mantaining old site (same domain)?

by rmx
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What the best way to do this?

Client has existing none wordpress site. I'm creating a new wp site for them with the same domain.

How can I keep his current site up while building the new site until the new site is ready?

Thanks RMX

P.s. forgot to mention the new site will use a different host
#domain #make #mantaining #site
  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    Easy... create a sub domain... newsite.domain.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Hugh
    RMX,
    Don't know your system. Don't use wordpress. That said, here's what I do.
    Since my existing home page is /index.html and the rest of the the website
    is linked there, I create a new page, /index-2.html. Build the new site around
    /index-2 html. When it is complete and passes inspection, just change the
    index-2 to plain /index.html and delete the old one (or change name).

    HTH,

    Hugh
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    • Profile picture of the author rmx
      Sorry I forgot to mention that the new site will be using a different host.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bredfan
    IAmNameLess is right...

    Keep in mind - when you launch the new site, you're going to have to modify some of the database tables that will be created with the subdomain. It's just a few lines that need tweaking. Essentially, you'll go into phpMyAdmin and change anything that references the subdomain back to the main domain - I think there are 3 or 4 instances of the reference...

    You could probably also just ftp the new site to a protected directory on the server - /newsite. Set the WP settings to noindex. Then just migrate the WP files into the top directory at launch time.
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    • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
      Originally Posted by Bredfan View Post

      IAmNameLess is right...

      Keep in mind - when you launch the new site, you're going to have to modify some of the database tables that will be created with the subdomain. It's just a few lines that need tweaking. Essentially, you'll go into phpMyAdmin and change anything that references the subdomain back to the main domain - I think there are 3 or 4 instances of the reference...

      You could probably also just ftp the new site to a protected directory on the server - /newsite. Set the WP settings to noindex. Then just migrate the WP files into the top directory at launch time.
      If your setting is localhost you won't have that issue.
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      • Profile picture of the author willcraw88
        I have an issue in regards to building a new site on an old domain. I purchased a customized website about a year ago with a .com domain name that I absolutely love.

        What I want to do is delete all the content and setup completely off of the old site and create a brand new site with new content and a new setup on the old domain. I love this domain. It still relates to the niche and theme of the soon to be new site I wanna build on it and it is very brandable!

        In regards to seo and top 10 rankings, will this help or hurt me?
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  • Profile picture of the author Bredfan
    Just saw that the new site will use a different host.... that makes it easy. Depending on the host, you may be able to go ahead and set it up, but not change the DNS. GoDaddy, for example, has "previewDNS" that you can use for just this situation.

    Otherwise, you can either use the IP address, or the system url if it is shared hosting. At launch you'll need to make some db table tweaks as I mentioned before...
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  • Profile picture of the author localvseo
    maybe this will help
    http://www.dountsis.com/articles/web...press-site.php
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