Re-platforming existing website to WordPress

  • nika23

    (@nika23)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hi guys,

    I’m about to re-platform existing website to WordPress. It is a big site with e-commerce (this section is on Magento). To get the working files of existing website, I used HTTrack as I did not have an access to FTP. This means that the files are static even thought already existing website has custom built CMS. Do you think it is the right thing to use files I got off HTTrack and convert them into WordPress? I’m thinking about developing the WordPress website locally as I do not have an access to FTP details yet and then once it’s developed, move it to the actual server. Do you also think that I will have to use 301 redirect to connect URLs with old website? I will have the same URL structure on new WordPress website as it is on old one.

    Thank you for your answers in advance.

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    9 years, 10 months ago

    o you also think that I will have to use 301 redirect to connect URLs with old website? I

    Yes. Don’t try to force the WP website to use the old URLs. Let WordPress be WordPress.

    Do you think it is the right thing to use files I got off HTTrack and convert them into WordPress?

    Sounds like a bad day of copying and pasting lies ahead of you. Not fun but there it is.

    Thread Starter nika23

    (@nika23)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Thank you for your reply!
    I used ‘Xenu’ to tell me if there are any 301 redirections on the website and there are sooo many! Do you have any suggestions how to handle that? URLs will not change once the website is live but there are still URLs that are already redirected to the old website.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Make a list of your 301s and put them in your .htaccess file (before the #BEGIN WordPress marker) or in your httpd.conf file.

    Thread Starter nika23

    (@nika23)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    I made a list of them all even 302s. Do I need to sort them out before I install WordPress and start to convert the files or is it after I finish converting files into WordPress?

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