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1. amydrucker
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Can anyone tell me if I can use the same feed address that I had with my old host? What's the best way to switch to WP without losing subscribers? Thanks in advance.

2. songdogtech
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Did you change domains as well as switch hosting services? If you kept the same domain and RSS address, nothing will change after DNS rolls over. If you changed domains, you need hosting for the old domain in order to redirect to your new domain.

3. amydrucker
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   The domain name will be the same. I will point the DNS server at the registrar to the new server. (The old server was a hosted blog platform - SquareSpace but I used my own domain.) Do I need to tell WP somewhere what the feed is? I'm just confused. Thanks so much for your help.

4. songdogtech
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   WP automatically puts a feed up, in the header as a link for search engines to auto-discover, and almost every theme out there has a visible RSS link, too. http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Feeds. If your old feed was a different URL (but with the same domain), you can redirect old to new URL in .htaccess.

5. amydrucker
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   thank you. any suggestions on directions for dealing with .htaccess for a newbie?

6. songdogtech
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Docs on .htaccess: Using Permalinks « WordPress Codex and WordPress Feeds « WordPress Codex

   The redirect you want to put in is in this format:

   Redirect 301 /oldfeed http://mydomain.com/feed/

   Only works on exactly the same domain. Put that line above the WP permalink rewrite block.

7. amydrucker
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   excellent - thanks so much.
   -amy

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