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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainExcellent news! I hope it stays that way too 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I can't even access wp admin anymore. My site is down Help!The smallest error in your functions.php file can stop it working.
To get a copy of the original, go the the theme’s page in WordPress (in your first post you included the URL, so I assume this is the theme – https://wordpress.org/themes/snow-summit), download and unzip it.
You can pick up the functions.php file and upload it via FTP from there.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I can't even access wp admin anymore. My site is down Help!Get a copy of the original functions.php file and upload it via FTP.
This post explains the process – http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla (look for the link at the bottom of the post for the second part)
If you’ve never done this before, it is a little complicated, but it’s worth learning in case this problem occurs again.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Can't view my web page…What is the URL for your site?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainUsually a mobile theme changer doesn’t make a difference with regards to SEO, but it’s hard to know for sure. If you want to be mobile friendly, you should consider changing the theme to a responsive one. There are a few free options and plenty of premium themes too.
Changing themes is simple, but making your site look like you want it to might take time.
I think you should give this a few weeks, possibly even a couple of months. You can guarantee a return to the same amount of traffic after such a big more. Keep working on your new site and promote it through social media and whatever methods you were using before.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainThat’s quite a big drop after a few weeks of increased traffic. It will be interesting to see how it goes after setting-up the the domain redirect.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainYes, please do. I’d love to know how you get on.
Thank you so much for your help!
Thanks! Good luck.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainGreat news!
It should do, but you can never be certain with redirects. At least you have done all you can.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainContact your host. You shouldn’t be getting a 404.
Redirecting a whole site from one domain to another, assuming the structure has remained the same requires code like this in the .htaccess file (I haven’t tried this code, hence the word “like”, but it looks okay):
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^redcat-travel.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.redcat-travel.com$ RewriteRule (.*)$ http://www.thailandredcat.com/$1 [R=301,L] </IfModule>If this code is correct, it’s the easiest and quickest way to add 301s across the whole site.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainI’ve just read this again:
I have just changed the Site URL and Address in the WP General Settings and updated the shortlinks.
Did you change this on redcat-travel.com so it references the new domain? If so, try changing it back it’s original settings. This could be the cause of the 404 errors.
You want both sites to work on their own domains, while the redirect plugin takes care of the redirects.
I’ve never used a redirect plugin to redirect from one domain to another, I’ve always used a .htaccess file. If this latest change doesn’t fix your problem, try asking your host if they can set up the redirects for you via htaccess and remove the plugin.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainCan you disable the redirect plugin and check to see if you still get the 404 errors?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainThat makes sense, as you only get a 404 error when the page doesn’t exist (hence my first question).
Hopefully, when the domain becomes “unparked”, your redirects will start working again, you can wait for Google to all the re-indexing and everything will be back to normal.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Traffic Crash after Transfer Blog to New DomainIs the original site still on the redcat-travel.com domain?
Which method have you used for the domain redirect?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I killed WordPress, please helpThat’s a good idea.
If you can’t get hold of him/her, you may have to contact the hosting company, that’s if you are using one rather than relying on the person who made the site?
Once you have the info, make a record of it for the future.
Good luck.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I killed WordPress, please helpFTP access give your direct access to the server and files. Every site can be accessed this way, as long as you have the FTP address, username and password.
Do you have access to cPanel?
If you aren’t sure, you will have to ask someone within your organisation for this information.