Title: please help! problem with adding domain
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# please help! problem with adding domain

 *  Resolved [pearl-grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pearl-grey/)
 * (@pearl-grey)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-problem-with-adding-domain/)
 * Hello,
 * I have created a site in wordpress at [http://www.puppyfat.com/rupert](http://www.puppyfat.com/rupert)(
   currently password protected).
 * I have bought an addon domain and assigned it to this subdirectory. Now I want
   to make the site run using the new addon domain as the main URL, so that the 
   visitor never sees puppyfat.com (though I don’t mind if images locations stay
   like that)
 * I have read through so many different articles about moving the site from root
   to subdirectory and visa versa but in my case I want the files to stay in the
   same place.
 * I tried changing the ‘site URL’ under the general settings tab, which worked 
   for the home page but the other pages showed an error.
 * Please help, even if its just directing me to the appropriate article on the 
   wordpress site, my head is spinning!
 * Thank you very much in advance,
 * Claire

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 *  [dmd54](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmd54/)
 * (@dmd54)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-problem-with-adding-domain/#post-3048711)
 * Okay…I’ve never done this but I believe you could use this WordPress plugin to
   export your database file. Change your domain then import the file back into 
   your site under the proper domain.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-importer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-importer/)
 *  Thread Starter [pearl-grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pearl-grey/)
 * (@pearl-grey)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-problem-with-adding-domain/#post-3048750)
 * Thanks for your help dmd54,
 * In the end I sold it by simply changing both the site URL and WordPress url! 
   easy as pie! I had been too chicken to do this before because i didnt think i
   would be able to login to the admin panel.
 * sooo happy it was so easy 🙂 🙂
 *  [dmd54](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmd54/)
 * (@dmd54)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-problem-with-adding-domain/#post-3048755)
 * Excellent. That’s easy enough.
 *  [jchap59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchap59/)
 * (@jchap59)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-problem-with-adding-domain/#post-3048856)
 * Hi,
 * I’m trying to do the same thing – very encouraged that changing the site URL 
   and WordPress url’s worked – appreciate if you could confirm that..
 * 1) You added your addon domain ‘www.rupertgrey.co.uk’ to your sub-directory [http://www.puppyfat.com/rupert](http://www.puppyfat.com/rupert).
 * 2)You changed the site address URL and WordPress address url’s in the general
   settings section to [http://www.rupertgrey.co.uk](http://www.rupertgrey.co.uk)
 * Anything else?
 * Thanks in advance
 *  Thread Starter [pearl-grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pearl-grey/)
 * (@pearl-grey)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-problem-with-adding-domain/#post-3048857)
 * Yes thats all correct. I can’t believe how difficult it was to find the info 
   online!
 * Claire

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