Comments on: Question for WordPress Gurus… http://www.cshel.com/web-development/2008/07/question-for-wordpress-gurus/ SEO, PR and Technology Consulting Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martial Arts in Austinhttp://www.cshel.com/web-development/2008/07/question-for-wordpress-gurus/#comment-14043 Martial Arts in Austin Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:17:55 +0000 http://www.cshel.com/?p=164#comment-14043 This is exactly the task I'm about to undertake - my business website is on Drupal which I don't have time for the learning curve. I've been building a website using Wordpress as the CMS and a Thesis theme. I've been nervous about the switch and this will be really helpful. Also, you gave a great review of SEO basics and tactis at PubCon in Austin. You led off the Monday SEO Training where I sat front and center. Am putting it all into play now - Thanks! This is exactly the task I’m about to undertake – my business website is on Drupal which I don’t have time for the learning curve. I’ve been building a website using WordPress as the CMS and a Thesis theme. I’ve been nervous about the switch and this will be really helpful.
Also, you gave a great review of SEO basics and tactis at PubCon in Austin. You led off the Monday SEO Training where I sat front and center. Am putting it all into play now – Thanks!

]]> By: Joffhttp://www.cshel.com/web-development/2008/07/question-for-wordpress-gurus/#comment-7089 Joff Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:16:56 +0000 http://www.cshel.com/?p=164#comment-7089 If you've made any direct changes to the WP files themselves then it's worth making a note of what you need to replicate on the new site. It's something I've had to go through each time I roll out a new WP version... If you’ve made any direct changes to the WP files themselves then it’s worth making a note of what you need to replicate on the new site.

It’s something I’ve had to go through each time I roll out a new WP version…

]]> By: Saadhttp://www.cshel.com/web-development/2008/07/question-for-wordpress-gurus/#comment-7086 Saad Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:30:27 +0000 http://www.cshel.com/?p=164#comment-7086 Option 1 won't work if you are using 'plugins' that required you to make new columns /table in the db. And honestly wp export feature doesn't always work that well. If you are only dealing with "content" then you can go ahead and use option 1. Option 2 is going to be a bit complicated, firstly you need to understand that you cant just point your WP to your OLD DB because the OLD DB will reference to your old domain. [Open your wp-posts table using phpmyadmin to see what I'm talking about]. Hint: Look for the column 'guid' in the WP-Posts table. Anywayz So before you can use that DB, you will need to edit/change all those references. Luckily there is a plugin to do that - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/ So this is how I'd do it: Firstly I'll copy my whole HOME folder + DB (of the old domain) to the new domain. Once I have transferred the home folder + Db in my new domain I'll edit wp-config file and point to the new domain and db that I just copied. Then.. I'll use the search & replace plugin and do a search and replace for my old URL's and change them with new ones. Lastly I'll do a 301 redirect of my OLD domain to the new domain using .htaccess [ This is only necessary if your Old domain's content has already been indexed in the SE] During this entire process, I'll use robots.txt to block Search engines from my site. Thats all .. Hope this helps =) Btw a simmilar tutorial is here: http://archgfx.net/blog/2008/geek/blogging/migrating-a-wordpress-install-to-a-new-domain The only difference is this guy is using a "Fresh WP install" and only copying the wp-content folder (which contains all your plugins, themes & images). Well this method will work too :) Option 1 won’t work if you are using ‘plugins’ that required you to make new columns /table in the db. And honestly wp export feature doesn’t always work that well. If you are only dealing with “content” then you can go ahead and use option 1.

Option 2 is going to be a bit complicated, firstly you need to understand that you cant just point your WP to your OLD DB because the OLD DB will reference to your old domain. [Open your wp-posts table using phpmyadmin to see what I'm talking about]. Hint: Look for the column ‘guid’ in the WP-Posts table.

Anywayz So before you can use that DB, you will need to edit/change all those references. Luckily there is a plugin to do that – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/

So this is how I’d do it:

Firstly I’ll copy my whole HOME folder + DB (of the old domain) to the new domain.

Once I have transferred the home folder + Db in my new domain I’ll edit wp-config file and point to the new domain and db that I just copied.

Then..

I’ll use the search & replace plugin and do a search and replace for my old URL’s and change them with new ones.

Lastly I’ll do a 301 redirect of my OLD domain to the new domain using .htaccess [ This is only necessary if your Old domain's content has already been indexed in the SE]

During this entire process, I’ll use robots.txt to block Search engines from my site.

Thats all .. Hope this helps =)

Btw a simmilar tutorial is here: http://archgfx.net/blog/2008/geek/blogging/migrating-a-wordpress-install-to-a-new-domain

The only difference is this guy is using a “Fresh WP install” and only copying the wp-content folder (which contains all your plugins, themes & images). Well this method will work too :)

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