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Is THIS what I would need to do?
PS. Perhaps I’m using the wrong terminology..I’m not changing the WP files, I’m customizing the THEME files…
Hi, thanks for your reply. The theme isn’t the problem, in many cases I am uploading my own designs for the client (and just curious, why is customizing the WP files wrong? Adding different graphics for headers, etc)…if I’m starting from scratch with a new domain name, there is NO problem.
However, the problem exists when attempting to REDESIGN a web site that is already live and on the internet. I’m going to be setting up a WP site at GoDaddy, connecting a Database to it, entering content and THEN moving the site elsewhere, either to the client’s host or moving the client’s hosting to my Godaddy account and having to reset up everything under that new domain. The WP files aren’t the problem..it’s the database and the path it might create to save text and images…and then I would be MOVING that database..would the paths be wrong and create the content not to display?
I’m simply looking for someone who designs WordPress sites for their clients to tell me what their work process is when the domain name under which they are redesigning is already current and live on the internet. Where do they develop the site? Can they simply move it once it’s developed? Are there problems created in the database when doing that, etc.
Yes, the WordPress files I’m not worried about…if I customize them, I can simply keep a copy on my hard drive and upload them in the new place…it’s the database that’s the issue.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: GoDaddy Hosting issues with secondary domainsAny suggestions at all? Any help would be appreciated..I responded to you on Friday by email. Thank you!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: GoDaddy Hosting issues with secondary domainsNo, Godaddy had me NAME the secondary domain name the same as the client’s current site so that when it was time to switch the name servers to Godaddy for myclient.com, everything would be set up and the switch would be seamless. I would simply VIEW the site as a sub-folder on my site, mydomain.com, as mydomain.com/myclient until the site was ready to launch. Then I would have the client change the nameservers on their current web site to Godaddy’s name servers and it would switch over to my new design. Myclient.com is set up as an alias on my account…so I can view it while under development.
For instance, in my Domain Manager, I have:
mydomain.com (and WordPress is installed there)
Then they had me click ADD DOMAIN and name it myclient.com with the folder as /myclient. This allows me to view the front end of the web site via mdomain.com/myclient while it’s under development.
Then I installed WordPress to myclient.com, as they instructed and then I sat on hold for 45 minutes with GoDaddy while they tried to figure out why it wasn’t working.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: GoDaddy Hosting issues with secondary domainsAccording to GoDaddy it won’t work because there’s an existing site out there already called myclient.com (my client’s current web site, which I am redesigning). So I have two problems…1) the site already exists elsewhere (this will only happen with redesigns of active sites) and 2) WordPress is picking up the installed files in my root directory instead of the sub folder…I don’t understand it AT ALL, but I can’t be the first web designer that has tried to use GoDaddy to host a redesign on an active site using WordPress…
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: GoDaddy Hosting issues with secondary domainsHi, thanks for the reply. No, I did not move them, I installed WordPress twice. Once for mydomain.com, which I plan to use WordPress on, and once again on myclient.com, so I can also use WordPress on that site. If I plan on developing a number of client web sites all using WordPress, then I will be installing WordPress once for EACH of those domains. GoDaddy tells me it is conflicting.