Changing site to WP, already have WP Blog

  • So I have a website which is currently just old-school HTML. It does have a WP blog though.

    I’m going to be remaking the site using WP, keeping the same domain name and server. Just going to be deleting off the HTML files and installing WP on the server.

    What is the best way to go about keeping this blog in tact? I do NOT want to lose any posts. It is currently using the “Thesis” theme… and I will be doing the entire site with the “Thesis” theme.

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  • Assuming the old (WordPress) blog is in a folder on the same domain as your HTML-based site, then I think the key to an easy transition is here:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install

    If it were me, I’d be building the new web site on my old blog. Once it is ready to go, I would do what the above link explains. And what it doesn’t say: delete index.html or whatever your current web site uses in the root to display the home page. Because WordPress’ index.php generally is not looked at if there is an index.htm/.html present.

    Thread Starter millerb7

    (@millerb7)

    So you would just log into the current WordPress blog and update all the files as you wanted… then when you were ready remove the HTML site and make the new WordPress site go live?

    Thread Starter millerb7

    (@millerb7)

    So it’s currently setup like: https://www.website.com as the HTML website and WordPress is at https://www.website.com/blog

    Yes, update your current blog, and once you are ready to go live, follow the “Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install” which copies a few files to the root and makes the World think WordPress is running from the root.

    Only caution is the obvious one: think about how you will “hide” your development work from your current Blog visitors until you go Live.

    Thread Starter millerb7

    (@millerb7)

    Could always just keep all the pages drafts until your ready to go live.

    Thanks for the help BTW. Will make life much easier.

    If I chose though, technically I could put up an under construction page, delete off the HTML pages altogether, install a new WP, and move the blog like stated above.

    Only step I don’t understand is “install a new WP”. Not sure why you would want to do that, since your existing blog can just be updated if it is out of date.

    Thread Starter millerb7

    (@millerb7)

    True enough. Just update the current blog. Delete the HTML site. Follow that link and move it to root folder.

    Makes sense.

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