Moving TO WordPress FROM customized site

  • Marquitus

    (@marquitus)


    14 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,
    I have been running my website (www.liffey.cat) in a completely manual way, that’s writing the html code and transfering the html files to the server through FileZilla.
    I would like to know if it is possible to start using WP for new posts (with new templates, plugins, etc) but keeping the old posts as they are (without changes).
    Basically, on the ewbsite there would be a “WordPress era” and an “own-customized era”.
    I ask you this because I think that when I install WP in the host server it seems that the own customized files disappear as they are no WP.
    Thanks.
    Marquitus

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  • Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    If you try to install WordPress in the same directory as your site, it will overwrite the files. I’d suggest installing WordPress in it’s own directory. Have you thought about re-building the entire site in WordPress and using 301 redirects for your “old” pages?

    Thread Starter Marquitus

    (@marquitus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Tim,
    Thanks for your answer. The thing is that my website is a digital newspaper and it’s nearly one year old so there might be about 1000 html files… impossible to re-build. Now I see that it was a mistake not to start with WP from the begining but by then I was happy enough to do it manually.
    My host server offers me a free domain so maybe one of the solutions would be to place the new pages on the new domain and to redirect the current main categories (sport, politics, index, etc) to the new one.
    But I would prefer to keep it all in the current domain .cat Maybe I will re-build it. I will have to think about it because it would be a lot of work.
    Thanks

    Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    You could install WordPress in a subfolder- and create links on your main site to it. You don’t need to do it on a separate domain.

    Thread Starter Marquitus

    (@marquitus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Subfolder means subdomain? I have installed it in a subdomain called “test” to do anything without crashing the whole site as I did last Saturday.
    Maybe what I could do is to run the new part from a subdomain.
    Anyway, I think that WordPress should have the option not to punish all those who started writing the html code on their own.
    Thanks

    Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    No, a subfolder is http://www.liffey.cat/blog

    blog is a subfolder. A subdomain would be like this:

    blog.liffey.cat

    Thread Starter Marquitus

    (@marquitus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    OK sorry, in my own words of illiterate IT person I called it folder.
    I think that I will do it from a subdomain because that will probably be the easiest way for me. I know html but nothing else and I will follow a book for dummies. I have been looking at many questions of the forum and I see that I have a long way.
    Thanks Tim

    Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    No worries! We’re always here to help if you have questions.

    Thread Starter Marquitus

    (@marquitus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks Tim, at least I know that I cannot do what I originally wanted to do but as a result of that I’ve got the idea of the subdomain. We’ll see.

    Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    No worries! If you need further help, that’s what the community is here for. Take care!

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