Duplicate an Entire Website

  • We hired a freelancer to do a website for one of our associations and we’re happy with it. https://www.tnaarausa.com It’s a wordpress site that allows people to register and access a ‘Members Only Area’, contact us via the website and download our publications. We lost the relationship with this person due to a number of reasons.
    I have some website designing background but WordPress is brand new to me. I was able to create a wrdpress site this weekend and I don’t think I did too bad! =) https://www.GovernmentBenefitAdvisors.com I pick up stuff pretty quick and with the correct training I can move mountains!!
    Here is the dilemma. I want to re-create, well duplicate the exact same website for the other 3 associations we have. What I have done so far is copy the folders of these websites and I want to simply upload them to my host…so, besides configuring the wp-config file for each website what else do I need to do???
    I need some serious help =(

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  • Assuming you don’t want to replicate the content, you will need to install the same plugins (with the same configurations, if relevant) and install the same theme.

    Thread Starter MarioDiaz26

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    I do want to duplicate everything in this website, this includes the design (theme) and plugins. I have the root folder to the website I want to duplicate ( https://www.tnaarausa.com ) so I’m guessing when I upload that same folder, the same theme and plugins will be installed as well…this is where I need help =(

    Thread Starter MarioDiaz26

    (@mariodiaz26)

    The original website has a capability I am very concerned about. That is the registration/subscription feature. When you register, the website sends your information to us. How do I make sure that I don’t loose this when I do the transition? Isn’t there a separate database I need to create in order to have this feature on any of the new sites? If so, how or where do I create such database.

    Thank you in advance.

    Sorry for being pedantic but are you trying to re-publish the same posts & pages? Only that’s not possible using the “duplicate the folders” method.

    Thread Starter MarioDiaz26

    (@mariodiaz26)

    Yes, I want the same on all three new websites, since, even though the associations have different names they all deliver the same exact information to their members. How can I accomplish this?

    You can’t use the same database tables for all three sites. So although you can replicate the plugins & theme, you can’t pull in the same content from the original database. What you could possibly do is have Sites 2 & 3 pulling & displaying in the RSS feed from Site 1. But even with this method, all links will eventually lead back to Site 1.

    Alternatively, why not simply point Domains 2 & 3 at Site 1?

    Thread Starter MarioDiaz26

    (@mariodiaz26)

    I understand that the database (if you’re referring to My SQL Database) will be different for each site. I can do that. This information will be entered in the wp-config file. The links I can manually change them BUT what about when someone registers to the website, is that a different database or is that just a plugin in the website? would you mind taking a look at the website? I appreciate you taking this time to help me =)

    The links I can manually change them

    You can’t. All of the permalinks are generated dynamically by WP.

    If you pointed Domains 2 & 3 at Site 1, everyone would simply register at Site/Domain 1. If you chose to import an RSS feed to standalone sites 2 & 3, people could register to each of the sites individually but, as all post links would lead back to Site 1, you’d still probably end up with the majority of subscriptions on Site 1.

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