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1. Hermiony
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Hello WordPress Experts!

   I am brand new to WordPress. I have a website which I built with a webbuilder programme provided by my host, pickaweb. I would now prefer to replace it with a wordpress blog to make it better. I've decided to not use wordpress.com as I will neeed to add plugins.

   My question is this; once I install wordpress on my host will I be able to keep my old website online while I'm working to perfect (!) it? I'm slightly worried as I will be on a very steep learning curve with wordpress and it may take a while to work it all out. In the meantime I don't want to lose my old site.

   Any comments appreciated :-)

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Well, the URL linked to your profile is absolutely empty... so I don't know what is there to lose.

   Anyway, you can install WP in a subfolder of an existing site, and when everything is ported over, you can just move it up to the root.

3. Hermiony
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Thank you moshu. The website I'm worried about losing is http://www.activeo.org.uk. As I said I'm very new and haven't worked out how to add more url's to my profile yet.

   I built Activeo as a favour and to get practiced before I build the website I'm hoping to build a business from.

   The webbuilder programme I used really does everything so I haven't been involved in making folders etc. I have some books about web design though so I can probably work it out from them.

   Thank you again :-)

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   If you want to use WP - forget every "webbuilder" gizmo and learn the basics: editing files in a plain text editor (like Notepad) and using a FTP client.
   The Codex, the online manual, has extensive resources for beginners: http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

5. Hermiony
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Thank you moshu, that's very helpful :-)

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