Title: Redesigning Site
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Redesigning Site

 *  [rivenagares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rivenagares/)
 * (@rivenagares)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redesigning-site/)
 * Hello everyone.
 * I am redesigning the website my blog is on and I don’t want to lose the blog.
   Essentially what I am trying to do is move it from:
 * [http://www.domain.net](http://www.domain.net)
 * to
 * blog.domain.net
 * how do i do this smoothly and without having to start over. i’ve been trying 
   to figure this out and its driving me nuts
 * thanks in advance.

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 *  [royho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/royho/)
 * (@royho)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redesigning-site/#post-1416988)
 * First upgrade your WP to the latest version. Then backup your database via SSH
   or phpMyAdmin or similar interface. After that backup your current themes folder.
   That’s it…
 * Go to your new domain install same version WP you have backup and using the same
   interface you used to backup the database, import it back up. Copy over the themes
   folder into the same location and you’re all set.
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redesigning-site/#post-1416989)
 * have you read over this?
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
 * its always a good idea to back everything up. Especially theme if using a custom
   one, and your database.
 * That being said….you won’t lose everything. As long as you have the files, and
   you have the database. Even if you mess something up, or something goes wrong
   in the move, it can be remedied….
 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redesigning-site/#post-1416990)
 * Use the Theme Test Drive plugin so you can see your dev theme w/o activating 
   it.

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 * [moving blog](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/moving-blog/)
 * [new website](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/new-website/)

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 * Last reply from: [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redesigning-site/#post-1416990)
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