Moving site to Main URL

  • damfino52

    (@damfino52)


    15 years, 5 months ago

    I currently have a live flash site on my main url. I have just set up a separate directory for Word Press and have installed and currently editing the template to personlise it.

    When it is done, I would like to move my main flash site off the root directory and store it in another folder, so that can then make my wordpress site my main website. How do I do this please? A step by step would be great.

    I basically want http://www.sitename.com to be the wordpress site, and the individual pages to be named and not numbered as they are at the minute. For example http://www.sitename.com/news and not http://www.sitename.com/wp123?

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  • panther8

    (@panther8)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    1. Create a new folder within your cpanel and drag the contents of your flash site in there (.html, .css, etc).

    2. Then move your wordpress site into the main folder. Here is how to move your wordpress within your server: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

    3. in order to get a customized link-structure go to your WP dashboard – settings – permalinks and choose: custom structure and type in something like 

    /%postname%/     OR
/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

    Thread Starter damfino52

    (@damfino52)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Hi

    Thanks for the help. Much Appreciated. I will use that tutorial when I move the site.

    As for the permalinks I have already tried the postname part in the settings on my test site (by putting it into the box on its own) in custom.

    But when I click on the pages, it comes up with an error message saying link is broken, on all of them.

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