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1. theblackenzo
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I am beginning to create/redesign websites for local businesses. I have experience with Squarespace but have decided to learn WordPress as well. I have a job that will require a total redesign. I will be redoing a site currently in vBulletin to WordPress. The client would like to keep his current host. What is the best way of going about this? Should/Can I design the site on my host then transfer it to his? Once the new site is built, and I point the domain to that site, am I right to assume that it may take a short-term hit in search rankings? If so, is there anything I can do to avoid it?

   Am I going about this the right way and asking the right questions? Anything I'm missing?

   Thank you in advance!

2. jonradio
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   If it was me, I'd build my WordPress site on your client's host now, in a folder off the root so that it does not disturb the current web site. Once you want to go live and kill the customer's existing web site, follow this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install

   Although WordPress is pretty good about tolerating differences in hosting environments, why not reduce that exposure?

   I can't speak to Search Rankings.

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