Creating WordPress Website

  • I’m new to using WordPress and haven’t installed the software yet. I have some quick questions to ask before I go through the process of creating a website using WordPress.

    I already have a website (lets call it example.com) that is live and I do not want this website to be affected during the creation of my WordPress website. I’ve been going through the forums trying to find the best method of creating my website using WordPress. As far as I can tell I have two options:

    1. create a sub-directory in my existing website and create my WordPress site inside the sub-directory e.g. example.com/WP

    2. use a domain that does not have a website (let’s call it inactive.com), use this as the host for my newly created WordPress website and then transfer it to the other domain (example.com) when I have finished building the new website.

    Are there any alternatives that I am missing?

    Which method would prove to be easier for someone not too familiar with WordPress and coding?

    Which method is likely to encounter fewer problems when replacing my existing website on example.com with my newly created WordPress one?

    Thanks for any and all help!

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  • Both of them are good alternatives.

    But I think the 2nd option is the best and easy one.There you can create a sub-domain for you new website.(eg: dev.example.com)
    After completing the website you can transfer it to the main domain i.e.example.com.
    Please remember to change the wp-config file accordingly.(eg: database name,password etc.)

    3. alternative:
    develop the new site locally on your computer;
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress#Installing_WordPress_on_your_own_Computer
    then move it to the live site;
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

    Thread Starter ajr888

    (@ajr888)

    Thanks for your responses, they were both very helpful!

    alchymyth, I looked at the different options to develop my new site locally, and to me, Bitnami looks like the best option. Do you have any experience with using the program and any advice worth sharing before I try and start the process?

    If you are familiar with Bitnami, is it possible to transfer work done in the program between computers? For example, so that I could work on the website from both my office and home computers (to complicate matters this would involve downloading the windows and mac versions for my different computers).

    Thanks again for your help and I look forward to your response!

    If you need to work with multiple computers, installing WordPress on a server on a development domain (name-of-site.dev.com or whatever you decide to name your development domain) would be best. That way it’s online and available from anywhere. Basically it’s a live, on the web, WordPress site but you can make it 1) hard to find (not easily findable via search engines) and 2) with your server tools you can lock down access to the development site.

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