Change my domai name

  • Resolved portermonkey

    (@portermonkey)


    13 years, 2 months ago

    I bought a new domain name that is a better name for my site and more closely resembles my actual business name.

    I did this once before after building my site on an unused domain name then transferring to what it is now and the site was broken but Bluehost fixed it.

    Now I want to do it again but bluehost said they would not fix it and gave me this link

    But i am totally confused as to what I will need to do., ie which part of that codex? do I just need to do the edits in the wp-config.php and the functions.php?

    or do I also have to go into my database and change stuff?

    thanks

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    If you read the various options on that page, in each case it tells you exactly which file to edit.

    Thread Starter portermonkey

    (@portermonkey)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    I am just confused as to the differentiation of the options.

    What is the extent of the first option? are the edit wp-config.php and edit functions.php 2 different options ? <edit>I guess so that now that i see a thanks to “filosofo” for “that fix”

    I think they need to just make it more clear by numbering…option 1, option 2 , …etc.

    which is the best way? sounds like either the “edit functions” method #2 ? or the “relocate method” method #3? are they both the same thing? the relocate method says it is used for moving different server. I just want to change the name within my current server.

    sorry for being a pain but last time i went through this it was a nightmare when bluehost told me i need to rebuild my site (but then they fixed it)

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    All of the methods outlined reset the site urls. They only differ in their ease of implementation and the long term editability (is that a word?) of the urls. I’d suggest trying method #2 – Edit functions.php.

    Thread Starter portermonkey

    (@portermonkey)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for the clarification, “#2” sounds like the way.

    editabilty is a good word (to me) but my FF spell checker does not think so!

    thanks esmi!

    Thread Starter portermonkey

    (@portermonkey)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    One last question.

    I have a child theme and I created a child theme functions.php file.

    Does it matter which functions.php file to use?

    thanks again

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    Use the functions.php file in the currently active theme.

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