Best Way to Move Blog to New Domain

  • rustybulb

    (@rustybulb)


    9 years, 9 months ago

    Hi,

    I realise after 3 years I could probably have given one of my blogs a better title (and therefore domain).

    But I have quite a lot of comments that I want to keep, and I know many people have bookmarked the site, so I would like all the pages on MyOldDomain.com to go to MyNewDomain.com, and have all the old posts and pages redirect…

    From:
    MyOldDomain.com/blog/AmazingPost
    to:
    MyNewDomain.com/blog/AmazingPost

    What is the best way to do this please?

    If it’s very complicated, how much should I expect to pay someone to do it?

    thanks a lot

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  • Sandy McFadden

    (@ourvalley)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Are you going to be changing servers as well or just the domain name?

    The best place for you to look would be to read this article http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

    If you follow the guide you shouldn’t have any issues changing names.

    Thread Starter rustybulb

    (@rustybulb)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Sandy,

    Thanks

    Well I can use the same reseller hosting account (might have a slightly different IP. (is it the same server if one is 111.111.077 and another is 111.111.080?)

    But I will need the old domain where it is, so that it can redirect.

    I looked at the link you gave me and I’m not good with text instructions for technical things (Dyslexic – I need videos), but from what I can see it looks really complicated.

    Anyone know how much it would cost me to get someone to do it, and where to find someone reliable?

    thanks

    Sandy McFadden

    (@ourvalley)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Another option you might want to try is using a plugin that will backup your site and allow you to migrate it.

    One I’ve used before is http://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/ it did work flawlessly for me, but they do have disclaimers on the page.

    They also have some videos on their site to take you through.

    Thread Starter rustybulb

    (@rustybulb)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Sandy,

    Thanks, I am going through the videos now.

    Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    As Sandy mentioned, Duplicator is a very good product.

    There are also a few others, one premium one that I can recommend with high regards is wp migrate db pro, and backup buddy.

    In terms of migration wp migrate db pro is a tad better. For backups and migration, you can’t go wrong with backup buddy.

    Thread Starter rustybulb

    (@rustybulb)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Evan,

    Thanks for those.

    Please can you confirm that wp migrate db pro, and backup buddy would let me do redirects on all pages and posts; ie:

    From:

      MyOldDomain.com/blog/AmazingPost1

    to:

      MyNewDomain.com/blog/AmazingPost1

    thanks a lot

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