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  • EG23

    (@eg23)


    11 years, 8 months ago

    Hello.

    I hope I’m asking this in the right place.

    I’m a Technical Writing student and I’m about to start a project with WordPress for a private company.

    I’ve noticed that moving a WordPress site seems complex and fraught with difficulties. My question is:

    Is the common arrangement to build the site with what I think is called a “local install” then move it to the company’s domain when completed?

    Or will it be easier to get them to register with WordPress and then give me access to it?

    I hope my situation makes sense. If possible, I’d like to avoid some of the problems that seem inherent with moving WP sites.

    Thanks.

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  • Jason Carter

    (@jsoncarter)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    Hey EG23,

    First off, I’d say moving a WordPress site can actually be very easy. You can do it manually – making a backup of mysql, etc or the easier way is to use one of the many plugins which help in this such as those in this link

    http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/8-plugins-for-safely-moving-wordpress/

    That being said, a “local install” is always good practice because you get to verify the process before trying it in a live environment.

    I’m not sure I understand the “register with WordPres” part, are you referring to WordPress.com? I’ve always done self-hosting so I can’t help you there.

    If you’re doing a self-hosted WP site then the link provided gives some great options for moving the site. But I’d highly recommend trying it out locally first, then once you’re confident of the process, backup the live environment, start the moving process and verify (remember things like DNS settings, domain redirects, etc)

    Hope that helps,
    Jason

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