Temporary URL install and change to new domain

  • sandsy

    (@sandsy)


    9 years, 9 months ago

    I have built a wordpress site on a temporary URL 03.226.222.162/~phantom2. I am now ready to point the domain name (phantomscreens.com.au) which is currently pointing to another hosting company to this new site.

    What do I need to do to ensure all of the links within the site, including the image links work after my new domain name propagates?

    Do I just point the new domain to the new hosting name servers and then go into my WP admin settings and update the WP address URL and the site URL to the new domain?

    Do I need to update any database? Do I need to do a search and replace of the temp URL?

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  • RossMitchell

    (@rossmitchell)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Cooee
    You got your temporary name wrong, it has a 1 prefix.
    Take a backup of your database.
    Yes your database will need some changes, there are plugins that help.
    Many of the issues are covered here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
    After you have done the changes, then you change the nameserver settings at your domain registrar.
    Not sure about the smallish grey text.

    Thread Starter sandsy

    (@sandsy)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks Ross. I just used the temp URL that the hosting company gave me.

    Is this going to be an issue?

    Any chance you could tell me step by step what I need to do including how to back up my database and which database?

    Thanks!

    RossMitchell

    (@rossmitchell)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    I am going to assume your hosting uses cPanel.
    Look at the wp-config.php file on your website, it will give you the name of your database.
    An icon in cPanel is myphpadmin, it lets you browse and hack your database, one of its options is EXPORT, this will get you a backup of your database.
    Plugins to ‘move’ your wordpress (even though it is staying on same server, in many ways it is a move), see which one suits you:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-move/
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/

    There are others too.

    Thread Starter sandsy

    (@sandsy)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for all of your help Ross. I think I’ll give wordpress-move a go.

    Database back up worked fine.

    Cheers.

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