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8:07 pm
October 27, 2011
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QuoteHi,
I'm starting to design a website on wordpress. The person whose site it is already is using the domain for their current website which is not wordpress. Does that website need to be taken down first for me to start designing on wordpress? Is there another way to start designing on wordpress without using that domain and then transfer that domain over to the new site?
Thanks,
Annie
12:34 am
June 10, 2011
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Hi Annie,
Yes, you can use the same domain name for the new website, but any searches for that domain name will only go to the website that it is currently assigned to. When I redid my website several months ago, I asked my webhosting company how to do this. (I use Hostgator) I can't remember the exact extension they gave me to use but it was basicly my domain name included with another domain name, something like http://www.hostgator.com/gregparke, for my domain name of http://www.gregparke.com. That way I was able to access and build my website while still keeping my original website. When my new site was finished, I just contacted my hosting company and had them re-direct my domain name to my new website. I also did it myself for another website, but I don"t remember the exact procedure. I recall something about entering new info for DNS servers, and it was very easy and quick to do.
Anyway, what you are asking can easily be done. Just contact your hosting company, and they should be able to take care of it for you
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5:58 am
June 7, 2011
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Annie said:
Hi,
I'm starting to design a website on wordpress. The person whose site it is already is using the domain for their current website which is not wordpress. Does that website need to be taken down first for me to start designing on wordpress? Is there another way to start designing on wordpress without using that domain and then transfer that domain over to the new site?
Thanks,
Annie
Hey Annie,
I'm not 100% sure if there is a simple workaround. There may very well be, but I have been in your situation before and I always just backed up all the files to my hard drive and then deleted them and installed wordpress and then brought the old files back to a new sub-folder (assuming I wanted to keep them). My understanding is that you will need to create a database on the domain and if there are any files already there they will get in the way of the installation (at least with a one click install). I may be wrong though. I really kind of fumble my way through website design and creation.
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9:03 pm
June 9, 2011
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Hi Annie,
There is a work-around, but it can be tricky.
If you want to leave the existing site where it is, then install wordpress in a folder on the site called "blog" or something like that. (www.yoursite.com/blog <<--- This will be where the wordpress install lives)
Once you've got your wp site built and in place, you can then do 1 of 3 things. (Not all of them)
1) Delete the old site, but leave the "blog" folder intact
2) Set up permanent redirects from the new blog to the existing content (or vice-versa if you want the same content with a new look. Just copy any articles to the new blog and perm redirect the old stuff to the new stuff. This is super easy if you have Cpanel on your hosting account)
3) Delete the old stuff and move the wordpress installation out of the blog folder and onto the main domain. (Please be very careful. Wordpress has explicit instructions on how to do this so that you can login to wp and make the change seamless)
I had to do this the first time I ever set up a wp blog. I installed it into a "blog" folder then realized I just wanted it to be a top level domain blog. It was really easy to change by following WP's instructions.
Good luck!
10:56 pm
October 27, 2011
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Hi Steve, John and Greg.
Thanks for your replies. This is all really helpful. I'm sure now that I can figure it out.
A
1:23 am
June 10, 2011
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Hey Annie,
Looks like you got three different answers........hope I didn't mis-understand the question and send you in the wrong direction!
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8:03 pm
August 27, 2011
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I picked up a plugin last fall that's really helped out with wordpress installs. It's called Backup Creator and it creates a complete clone of your wordpress site and allows you to install it to any other wordpress site - overwriting the entire site in the process.
I have used this for web development work when I was creating a temporary wordpress site for a small insurance company.
I just created a brand new wordpress install on a site I already owned (say indiebandalliance.com/test-blog or something like that) and build out the site. (I set it in wordpress so that it's not visible to the search engines since it obviously has nothing to do with my main site).
Meanwhile, I create another wordpress install on the root domain where the site will ultimately live (say awesomelifeinsurance.com) - I put up a temporary page here with whatever information is necessary.
Once the real site is finished, I just clone it and upload it to the awesomelifeinsurance domain by installing a plugin file with the full cloned Wordpress site (theme, plugins, content - the whole enchillada).
Works like a charm, and also protects your site from loss of data if you back up regularly.
I highly recommend it if you need a solution that back ups your wordpress sites, plus you plan to launch multiple wordpress sites (as squeeze pages, mini sites or what-have-you) for yourself or others. I'm not sure what it's selling for these days, I was lucky to grab a copy at the introductory/launch rate.
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