URL Structure

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Hi Guys,

I am and always will be a part time web guy but I try....... So as usual I'm stuck again and seek the answers from the Brains of the industry if you dont mind helping.

I am about to begin a redesign of a website using Wordpress and a Template (Avada) which I purchased. The Original site is live. Now should I :::

A: Develop the website on a local host using WAMP or XAMPP then put it live and if I do it this way, where can I find information on ensuring the URL structure is correct when I upload it using maybe FileZilla FTP?

or

B: Use a live server such as DIgital Ocean then migrate it to the server we will ultimately use, my question here again is how and if that would work being as I would have the same URL as in thecompany.com/home etc. or is there a work around here.

Thank you in advance for any guidance you can give me here.

Kind Regards,

Snowdug (Dog Musher)
#website design #local host #structure #url #wordpress
  • There is a plugin called WP Clone to do this, and it's pretty easy to use:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-clone-by-wp-academy/

    You just install the plugin on your original site, then make a backup of your site with it. Then install the plugin on your new site and import the backup. You might run into some problems/broken links/images though is you are using a permalink structure other than the default option. If so you might want to leave it at the first option on your initial site, then migrate it to the new domain and then switch to one of the other permalink options if you want.
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    Hi Guys, I am and always will be a part time web guy but I try....... So as usual I'm stuck again and seek the answers from the Brains of the industry if you dont mind helping.