Moving Subdomain Content To Main Site and Backing Up Content on Main Site

  • Hi everyone,

    I’ve been building a new & updated version of a website (www.domain.com) in a staging environment on a subdomain (dev.domain.com/wp) and I think I’m just about ready to have the new website replace the old one. That is replacing the content currently on https://www.domain.com with the content currently on dev.domain.com/wp

    What is the best practice to:

    a) Remove the content on https://www.domain.com but keep it backed up just in case
    b) Transfer the content of dev.domain.com so that it will appear on https://www.domain.com
    c) Transfer all blog content that was previously uploaded to https://www.domain.com so that it appears with the new content?

    Thanks in advance for your help

    How can I get the content on dev.domain.com/wp to appear at

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  • Delete your old files by keeping a backup. Upload your new files to your domain and change your db settings to point to your old content.

    Thread Starter csigabiga83

    (@csigabiga83)

    Thanks for replying Dheeraj.

    Would it be possible to be a little more specific? (Total newbie here).

    When I open my cPanel, I see a bunch of folders and files, including a “dev” file which is the subdomain I set up and created the new site in.

    This leads to 2 questions

    1. Which file (s) containing the new content currently hosted at dev.domain.com/wp should I download (in order to upload later to the root domain)

    2. Which file (s) containing the old content should I delete /backup and where can I find them in cPanel?

    Also when you say “change your db settings to point to your old content” I assume you are answering the “c” part of my previous question. Thanks, but how do you change your DB settings to point to your old content

    Thanks,

    Total Newbie

    Thread Starter csigabiga83

    (@csigabiga83)

    Anybody?

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