Title: Hosting and permalinks problem Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Hosting and permalinks problem * [goforthculture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goforthculture/) * (@goforthculture) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/) * Okay, * Here’s my problem. I’m building a new website for this company. They wanted CMS so I used WordPress. However, now that I’m getting ready to put the site live I realize there is no easy way to get the permalinks to look professional with his website name leading the way. instead I have my hosting domain then his domain then all the stuff after it. * Is there a way to make this cleaner? I wanted the transition from the company’s old site to the new site to be smooth and not take the time it would take to develop the site “live” over a week. * Any suggestions? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200569) * Why not move the WP install to his domain? * Thread Starter [goforthculture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goforthculture/) * (@goforthculture) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200572) * because I’m still finalizing the design and he doesn’t want any “down time.” Though I might be misunderstanding you. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200573) * Install WordPress in a sub-folder on his domain. If you’re not linking to it from the main site and you block search engine indexing via Settings -> Privacy, you should be able to finish the development in peace. Then, if the clients want to use WP to replace the old site, you can use the techniques outlined in [Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory) to allow WP to take over the root domain. Voila – new site automagically appears. * Thread Starter [goforthculture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goforthculture/) * (@goforthculture) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200576) * okay. I like that. Now time to migrate it over. I tried this yesterday and was on the phone with tech support for hours trying to get it working again. * Probably the easiest way is to do a clean install on the new location and export the new site then import it into the new site. Though I’ve never done that. I’ve always used the builder in godaddy because it’s so easy. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200578) * > Probably the easiest way is to do a clean install on the new location and export > the new site then import it into the new site. * Definitely the easiest method – although you could always review [Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress). * Thread Starter [goforthculture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goforthculture/) * (@goforthculture) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200580) * Thanks. I’m looking into that now. * Thread Starter [goforthculture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goforthculture/) * (@goforthculture) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200609) * If I move the entire site over I believe I need to download the database and install it. However, 1) I’m not sure if this is supported on the server 2) Where would I put the database? or 3) Do I need to move the database or does it come with the wordpress files? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200700) * You download the database content & structure but not the database itself. Have you checked to see if the client’s hosting meets the [minimum requirements for WP 3.2.1](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hosting_WordPress)? * Thread Starter [goforthculture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goforthculture/) * (@goforthculture) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200709) * No I haven’t. I think I’m going to have them transfer the domain to me. This would make it much easier in the long run and hosting / maintenance would be on my end of things anyhow. One I have that I can migrate things over and do the launch like was mentioned above. The reason for this is I was trying to work with their host and kept getting blocked by their firewall. * I think I might do a trial run of this very problem with a test site to make sure I have the sequencing down for when I do it again. * Overall I was hoping for a simple fix but it seems that there really is none. For developers I wish there was a way to specify the expected domain in the settings for permalinks that way it would make migration easier. I did find a quick fix for updating image permalinks that were broken but I’m getting ready to do linkbuiding for a 60+ page site and don’t want to do that with the linker plugin until I know my permlinks are in their final place. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Hosting and permalinks problem’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [goforthculture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goforthculture/) * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-and-permalinks-problem/#post-2200709) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics