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1. NickDawes
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi there

   I need a little help on the best way of going about a particular install problem i have.

   I have an existing site which I wish to replace with a wordpress site. I dont want any downtime at all so I'm setting up on another domain first and getting everything working and tested before I change over. I understand this will cause problems as everything will be routed to the original domain, is there an easy way of doing this or is it a case of having to have downtime on the existing site?

   Many thanks for any input..

2. Tim S
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   No, why dont you build the new WordPress site in a subfolder of the main domain. Then once the site is built you'll have to update some settings in the wp-config file and you're done. There's no downtime associated with this. Here's a link to the codex about giving wordpress it's own directory.

   Initially, you'll set the site URL to point to yourdomain.com/subfolder

   Replacing the yourdomain.com with your actual domain and the /subfolder with the actual folder.

   There's no need to buy and setup a whole other domain to build a new site.

   Alternatively, you can set up a local installation on WAMP, build the site locally and then move the files replacing the old site. Again, there's no downtime involved.

3. NickDawes
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Excellent! Thanks Tim, WAMP sounds great as well but the subfolder method sounds neat enough and will do the job.

   Great advice!

4. Tim S
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   No worries! I'm glad I could help you!

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