Building a new WordPress site while the old static HTML site is live

  • I am going to be building a www.ads-software.com site for a client who already has a site live. He has a host already that he likes and wants to keep. The host meets the minimum WP requirements so there is no need to move to a new host.

    My question is, how do I build the new site while the old one is live? Should I ask the host to create a WP account for the client that I can work on and have them just give me the login info? I would like to do this all myself and ask the host to do as little as possible, but I do not know how to go about it.

    I read in another post that you need to build the site in a “subdirectory” but I do not really understand the whole directory/root/index.php thing. I have already built my own WP site, but I guess I am a total noob when it comes to building a new version of a site!

    If someone could please help me with this,and tell me what I need to ask the host to do (preferably as little as possible) I would be sooo grateful!

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  • Clou – yes – it’s better to move the old files to a subdirectory instead of deleting them.

    Thread Starter clou4394

    (@clou4394)

    Great, thank you Marinaa!

    Hi Marinaa, Im doing the same thing, But instead of deleting the old webpage is there way i can change into a subdirectory instead. And leave the wordpress in a subdirectory as well and just have it pointed from my mainwebpage?

    ssantos

    (@ssantos)

    Hi
    I am kind of doing the same thing, trying to create a WP page while leaving the other site live. I have the domain with godaddy and just paid not too long ago to have it renewed. But have opened an account with ipage as my new webhost and I am trying to develop the new WP site from ipage.
    When I isntall the wordpress on ipage, the instalation completes, but when I click on the link to work on it, it just says page not found. I asked the ipage support and they said that since they dont host the domain, I need to change the name servers on godaddy for it to work. At this point, go daddy is forwarding the domain to the old webhost, and I am wondering if I change the nameservers to ipage, will the live site stop working?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    @ssantos: Please post your own topic.

    @marinaa, you’ve been so helpful with this post, thank you so much! I need a little more clarification. Another developer developed the website I’m doing and it is a Static Html site. How do I know what files to delete??? I can follow along with all of your instructions above, I just don’t want to delete something I shouldn’t.

    Thanks for all of your input!

    briegger – the static site should be made up of index.html and the corresponding pages and media. So visit each page on the site with your browser and take note of the URLs – then match those names up with the files on the server. I wouldn’t delete the old files though – either move them to another directory or save them on your computer until you have everything finished.

    Hope that makes sense –

    Thanks so much Marinaa!! I’ve backed everything up and I’ve deleted everything but the stinkin’ home page still exists somewhere that I haven’t deleted and I can’t find it!!

    The website is https://www.medicareinsuranceprofessionals.com. The only page that exists right now is the front page. I’ve got the entire thing built on another server.

    I’ve searched in file manager for the file and in firezilla. When I inspect element, it shows https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml. I searched for that to no avail.

    This project is really kicking my butt!!

    The only thing in the public html folder is .htaccess & prefextxt. I’ve opened both of the files and they show nothing.

    Thanks again for the advice!

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