millerb7

Okay, last time I bug you I swear!

When I first installed wordpress it was with fantastico and I knew the database name etc… should I do that again with the new one? Or just straight copy it all over like the instructions say? If I just straight copy it over, then It wouldn’t tell me the database name right off the bat.

Again, I’m sorry for the ignorance, I’ve only installed WP via fantastico and not manually before. Installing manually does the wp-config.php file automatically make a new database that I can view using phpmyadmin?

That depends. If you download and upload and keep the same name, you’re fine. IF they change, use the new ones. Most of the time they change.

How exactly will I know if they change or not? I mean where would I be looking to in order to find that information? Since in the wp-config.php file they will still read the same, correct?

Also, was I correct in assuming when it says download a copy of the database it meant the wp-config.php file? I cannot find any other database file while looking around all the files via FTP.

Again, I really appreciate your help, my first time and a lot of info so I’d hate to screw it all up. You’ve been super helpful so far!

Okay, so read thru that real quick… and since I don’t care if the old site (test server) works or not… it seems the steps are rather easy… forgive my ignorance just wanting to make sure I have this down….

1. Download copy of entire site via FTP to my HDD

2. edit wp-config.php file
A. Am I just changing every instance of my test server I see to the live server?
B. What about the database name, user, password? It doesn’t mention those.. just leave them how they are with the old name?

3. Change both URL’s under general settings

4. download a copy of the database (wp-config.php file) and copy that file and the entire rest of the wordpress files so the new server.

DONE.

Seems easy enough… the only thing I’m wondering is if I change the DB name, username, password, or will that auto be done when I change the general settings URL path?

Thanks again.

Chang the URL’s on the old domain… meaning….

Go into every single post/page with the URL’s in it, and change them to the absolute URL of the new domain? Or can I just make them all relative URL’s and they will auto adjust to any domain I put them on as long as the folders are the same name?

Also, what about all the media uploaded thru the media uploader? It will just come as well I imagine when I copy.

One last thing, “copy”… meaning via FTP literally COPY… or export thru wp-admin and them import again?

Yeah I have a robots.txt now on a site I don’t want indexed. Was wondering about meta robots to block a few pages from being indexed but allowing crawling (for backlinking purposes).

I’ll take a look into the .htaccess. I appreciate the idea!

I’ll look into that plugin for meta robots as well.

Well make sure you “really” are #1 and #2. Use another compute NOT using the same IP. Google learns your search pattern and will display diff results for you than what are truely there.

If your #1 and #2 you should have a decent amount of views more than 100. But 40,000 views a month isn’t exact. Give it a tad of time but I’d def double-check on another ip address that your really in those spots.

As far as other poster. 10 days is NEW! Give it some time. Your links need to be indexed. And remember the number of links means nothing compared to their quality. Also make sure where you submitted them are follow and not “no-follow”. 10 days though your still doing the google dance in the SERPS. Just keep optimizing. Make sure your urls are static and not dynamic, do alt tags to images. And keep going to links, but again, it’s quality. 1 link from a PR8 site is better than 100 or 1000 or more links from a PR0 or PR1 site.

Okay so if I load up pictures and the such on the site, after I make it go live and I copy over the wordpress folder to my new root domain, will all my pictures stay as well?

Thanks again for the advice!