New install and keeping old files?

  • schrapnel

    (@schrapnel)


    11 years ago

    Hello, a bit of a rookie looking for help. I have built some sites from the ground up using wordpress from the get go. I just inherited the duties of rebuilding a non profit club I belong to’s website which has existed for about 10 years.

    I am wanting to install wordpress for it’s ease of use and maintenance and would just like to have a link to the “old” site as an archive. I have not done this before, is it as simple as creating a new database in my cpanel, installing wordpress there and then linking to the existing database?

    I basically just want to have a button users can link to view the “old” site as it is.

    Thanks in advance

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  • koendb

    (@koendb)

    If I understand your question correctly, you want to start with a blank new website with an empty database.

    I would move the old website (files) to a directory or subdomain like xxx.com/old or old.xxx.com.
    Check if the old site still works and fix issues with things like hardcoded links still pointing to xxx.com.

    Make a new WP website like you usually would. That’s it.

    In 10 years your website should have build some authority and probably has some pages ranking well in search engines. You don’t want to lose that traffic and should redirect that traffic to either the archive website or pages on the new website with the same subject.

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