Title: Website creation question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Website creation question

 *  [dineromonster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dineromonster/)
 * (@dineromonster)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-creation-question/)
 * I am new to WordPress and need some advice from someone who has done something
   similar to what I am doing. I am building a site for a restuarant that already
   has an established website/business but their website needs a totally new website.
   I am not sure the right way to approach this from the prospective of building
   the site since their hosting (Godaddy) has only 1 domain host setup so I am unclear
   how to build the environment and where before ultimately rolling the site out
   as there new main site which will return all the Google juice they have held 
   for a while now along with the good reviews they have built up. I definitely 
   do not want to lose that for my client. Anybody with experience in this matter
   advice is welcomed and highly appreciated. Thanks!

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-creation-question/#post-2545032)
 * You can install wordpress in a folder and then when ready you can switch the 
   websites.
 *  [Tim S](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-s/)
 * (@tim-s)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-creation-question/#post-2545119)
 * govpatel is correct, install it in a subfolder until it is complete. You’ll want
   to be sure to create 301 redirects from the old pages to the hew pages. That 
   way it will not affect your standings with Google. I hope this helps!
 *  [Zane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xane_777/)
 * (@xane_777)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-creation-question/#post-2545121)
 * Nice tip creating 301 redirects
 *  [Tim S](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-s/)
 * (@tim-s)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-creation-question/#post-2545122)
 * I’ve had to do it enough, that I’ve learned from my mistakes. But that’s the 
   great thing about the community here at WordPress, we learn from each other, 
   and we benfefit from it. Thanks for the compliment Zane!

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 * Last reply from: [Tim S](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-s/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-creation-question/#post-2545122)
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