How can I edit a live website?

  • Resolved maniuni

    (@maniuni)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    I decided to try and help with the new design of a website. They gave me the ftp user and password. It was made with WordPress.

    How should I edit the website now? I have a WordPress installation but it is with my own content. Maybe I should make another installation just for this website but how do I transfer its contents to the WordPress installation?
    They expect me to edit not only the theme files but to also transfer some content from another of their websites and put it in this one.
    Could you give me some advice how these things are done?

    I have a little experience with making a theme for the Theme Repository but not with a real working website.

    Thanks

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  • Here is an article with the steps I use to copy a website: https://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2012/08/22/migrating-a-wordpress-site-step-by-step/

    Thread Starter maniuni

    (@maniuni)

    I am afraid this seems a little confusing to me. Could you tell me if I understood correctly the first step.
    I am now using Intant WordPress installed on a usb flash drive.
    Can this work with Instant WordPress?

    Here is the first step:
    “Create a database and install WP on the New site.If I am trying to set up a local site from an on-line site, I use xampp on my pc and I try to name the database and site the same as the live site, but this is not strictly necessary. In any case, install WP in the new site whether local or on-line.”

    So – I download the latest version of Instant WordPress and install it again on the flash drive. When I create the database the name is always “wordpress” – isn’t it? Anyway I don’t even know where to check in the existing website what the name of the database is.

    If you already have WP running on the new site, start with step A2.

    I don’t know whether this procedure will work with Instant WordPress, or not. I think it should since it uses Apache and MySQL.

    Thread Starter maniuni

    (@maniuni)

    Ok, I knew there was something basic that I didn’t understand. I will write it in case anybody has a similar problem which I doubt but still…

    I didn’t know that I could enter the url of the website in the browser and then just write wp-admin there to enter into the dashboard – just as in the local installation.

    Anyway, just one more question:

    regarding step C – when I upload the database from the website into my local installation wouldn’t this interfere with the old content that I have. I imagine the new database will have to substitute my database which is undesirable. Can I have two databases? Or I will have to make a new install of wordpress just for this?

    If you already have information on the ‘new’ site, then you need to create another site for your testing.

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