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Rebuilding a Site in Wordpress

by warfore
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I have a couple of basic HTML sites (started off as SBI sites) that I would like to transition to WP. My time is short so I would like to rebuild on a test domain (and take my time) and then load all the new files at once. I will use a redirection plugin to connect to the original URLs. Is this a workable approach or is it going to be a real headache trying to update these sites? Opinions appreciated, thanks.:confused:
#rebuilding #site #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author y2gabs
    I'd just use a temporary domain. Use wp-backup to export the database, save to computer, use a search & replace utility to search for temporary domain and replace with actual domain. Then point actual domain to install folder and upload the searched/replaced file to your database. You could do it your way but you may be hurt with regards to SEO and google.

    Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author warfore
      Not quite sure I understand... I guess my basic question is once I re-create the site in WP each post will have a "postname" the same as the previous URL except that it will not have a .html extension. The redirection plugin should get visitors to the correct page from the old index. Does this redirection hurt your SEO?
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      Regards,

      Tony

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  • Profile picture of the author phpbbxpert
    I don't understand the point of the redirection plug-in.
    Once you have them converted to posts why redirect them to the original HTML files?

    As for the HTML extension, you should be able to fix that in the WP admin under settings/permalinks

    Custom
    /%category%/%postname%.html
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    • Profile picture of the author warfore
      Not the original files....I thought the rebuild would generate a number of 404 errors because of the old links structure. I also didn't know that you could add the html part to the postname. If that is the case then problem is solved....you learn something new everyday.
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      Regards,

      Tony

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