Replacing old working sites with new WordPress sites

  • I have probably ten new sites to build in WordPress which are going to replace existing live sites (which were built in other web development tools, mainly Adobe GoLive, Dreamweaver and Freeway). The sites are hosted by a range of hosting companies, I can’t change this.

    In each case the live site needs to keep working while the new WordPress site is in development. The problem I keep hitting is the URL change. I was hoping that I could leave the live site working on ‘www.livesite.com’, build the new WordPress in a development area either in a subfolder ‘www.livesite.com/dev’ of the domain or, indeed on a different domain altogether and then, when the development site is all signed off, delete the old site files and replace them with the new. I now understand that this is not going to be simple but was wondering if anyone could suggest a method which reduces the pain of making the new site live on the existing sites domain.

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  • Hi,

    I would suggest you to do new site local machine. Then you can upload new site when it is ready.

    If you still want to the new site on your existing server, you can create a sub folder as you mention in your post.

    Either way you have to delete your old code to update the site when it is ready.

    Thread Starter mackerg4

    (@mackerg4)

    If I develop the sites on my local machine it’s going to be difficult to show the client as it progresses. Allowing inbound access isn’t going to be possible.

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