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I think that’s why this is confusing and WordPress should better organize their codex for learners like myself. You start reading instructions then at the end it says “but if you need to do this” or “you may want to do this instead”. Maybe this is why there is those For Dummies books. Thanks for your quick response esmi!
@esmi, I have reviewed the instructions, but I am still confused. Let’s say I completely start over…
I create /new (or at least it’s empty) then I go to /wp-login.php to login. I then go to the General Settings to change the WordPress and Site URLs. But doesn’t this change the root site? This is what I do not want to do.
I want to create an environment in /new that is separate from root. Then when I’m done redesigning in /new, I want to take it and make it root. Why am I confused?
Should I just create a copy of the database, reflect this in /new/wp-config.php then replace the URLs accordingly in the copied database? Once I am done redesigning, move the files back to root and update the database to reflect the root URLs?
Thanks!
It would seem we are almost there, just need to figure out how to make changes in /new without affecting the root. I just need to follow the instructions in Moving_WordPress to the T, huh?
Sorry, I’m a dive in and break things to learn, kind of personality. Extremely hands on. I’ll start with what you suggest and focus on following all the directions in order. Thanks!