Domain transfer from one active site to another

To redirect from boostboxpr.com to app.boostboxpr.com using PHPMyAdmin, you can follow these steps:

1. Access PHPMyAdmin: Log in to your PHPMyAdmin interface.
2. Select Database: Choose the database associated with your WordPress multisite installation.
3. Find wp_options Table: Locate the wp_options table in the list of tables for your database.
4. Edit Site URL and Home URL: Look for the rows with the option names siteurl and home in the wp_options table. Edit these rows to set the values to https://app.boostboxpr.com.
   • Find the row with option_name as siteurl.
   • Click on the “Edit” button (usually a pencil icon).
   • Change the option_value to https://app.boostboxpr.com.
   • Save the changes.
   Repeat the same process for the home option.
5. Clear Cache: If you have any caching plugins or server-side caching, clear the cache to ensure the changes take effect.
6. Update .htaccess: If not done already, update your .htaccess file to handle the redirection. Add the following lines at the beginning:apacheCopy code<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^boostboxpr\.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://app.boostboxpr.com/$1 [L,R=301] </IfModule> This code will redirect all requests from boostboxpr.com to https://app.boostboxpr.com.
7. Test the Redirection: Open your browser and visit boostboxpr.com to confirm that the redirection is working as expected. Ensure that all pages and resources are redirected correctly.
8. Update Permalinks (Optional): Go to the WordPress admin dashboard of app.boostboxpr.com, navigate to “Settings” -> “Permalinks,” and click “Save Changes” to refresh the permalink structure.

Remember to take a backup before making any changes in the database, and ensure that you are comfortable working with PHPMyAdmin.

Hello, thank you for the reply – however I may not have been clear enough.

I’m not looking to redirect boostboxpr.com to app.boostboxpr.com

I created a new build (version 2 of my website) on the multisite subdomain of app.boostboxpr.com. I need to switch the domain to boostboxpr.com to replace my current site.

Hello @aldenzuck

If you intend to replace app.boostboxpr.com with boostboxpr.com, you must first remove your current site boostboxpr.com from the Multisite configuration. Alternatively, you can temporarily rename it with another domain. Afterward, you can proceed with the following steps to switch your subdomain app.boostboxpr.com with boostboxpr.com.

Update Site Address:

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Navigate to “Network Admin” > “Sites.”
3. Select the site you want to update (in this case, the site on the subdomain app.boostboxpr.com).
4. Click on “Edit.”
5. In the “Site Address (URL)” field, update it to your new domain (boostboxpr.com).
6. Save the changes.

• Update Home and SiteURL in Database:
  1. Access your WordPress database, either through phpMyAdmin or another database management tool.
  2. Locate the wp_options table.
  3. Update the siteurl and home options to the new domain (boostboxpr.com).
• Update Permalinks:
  1. Go to “Settings” > “Permalinks” in your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Save the permalink settings again to ensure they are updated for the new domain.
• Update .htaccess and wp-config.php:
  1. Check your .htaccess file for any domain-specific configurations and update them.
  2. Update the DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE constant in your wp-config.php file if necessary.
• Search and Replace in Database:
  1. Use a search and replace tool to replace instances of the old domain with the new one in the database. Tools like “Better Search Replace” can help with this.
• Update Content and Links:
  1. Manually check your content, widgets, menus, and theme settings for any hardcoded references to the old domain and update them accordingly.
     

• This reply was modified 10 months, 1 week ago by milesweb.
• This reply was modified 10 months, 1 week ago by milesweb.
• This reply was modified 10 months, 1 week ago by milesweb.

Thank you, i’ll look into the details of how to do these steps and report back.

Since I’m not 100% confident in my abilities with this side of my website i’ve decided to hire it out. But I appreciate your response and hopefully this might help others as well!