Webmaster Question. HTML old site, WP new site

  • I’ve had an HTML site running for several years. Decided to use WP to make it more search engine friendly and pretty.

    I created a folder under root, wp and installed wordpress all the plugins, developed the site with as many file naming conventions matching the old HTML site as I could. I created a spreadsheet listing old html name to new php name. There are a few html names that will have to be redirected, but not many.

    Now going live with the wp site. Did the .htaccess redirect in the root directory as well as the index.php in the root directory. Renamed old index.html to index2.html.

    Now here’s the question, should I delete all the old html files?

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  • If the new stuff is working, I’d make a back-up of the old stuff on your PC just in case. Usually, on the live server, it’s a good idea to remove stuff you don’t need.

    But, it’s up to you really.

    Thread Starter bajaharry

    (@bajaharry)

    Thanks for the input MarkRH. Would you put a redirect file in the root level to catch the unmatched pages? Or should I do that through the SEO?

    I would agree with Mark but do have multiple backups of the old files.
    Its always a good idea to have a number of different backups when doing this type of work!

    I usually make 301 rewrite rules so that search bots and what not will find the new location of pages that have the same content.

    Thread Starter bajaharry

    (@bajaharry)

    Thanks guys. I was in the middle of creating the 301’s when my server locked up. Freak Out!. The guys at the server told me it wasn’t anything I did, they were working on it.

    Hope the changes saved.

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