Transitional Hybrid Site

  • I have an existing hard-coded site. I want to create a new WP website, but because of the size of the site, the transition needs to be a slow one. I’m struggling with how to keep my hardcoded site functioning while I section, by section, move content to the WP site – having these two sites live side by side until the full migration is complete.

    I imagine I can do this by installing WordPress in a directory other than the root, but I’m not sure of the challenges I might come across with this. Creating the new site in its entirety and then using that to replace the old one (which is the logical thing to do) isn’t an option. Any suggestions are welcome.

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic
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  • It sounds like you need to have the new or “dev” site live at the same time as the old site.

    One way to approach this is to put the new site on a subdomain like:

    new.yourwebsite.com

    Start the long process of migrating everything over. Every time you migrate something over, set up a URL redirect to the location on the new site.

    When you’r finally done, you could move the site from the subdomain to the root, and then again manage the URL redirect situation.

    @sjbmaine

    Seems like you answered your own question:

    I imagine I can do this by installing WordPress in a directory other than the root

    If you’re not comfortable doing that yourself, it’d be in your best interest to hire a developer to help (way faster and less hair-pulling). Check out jobs.wordpress.net or codeable.io to find help.

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