Overhauling existing website

  • (I’m new at this stuff)

    I want to remake my company’s website. Right now it’s a horrible flash site, so I want to make a new one using www.ads-software.com.

    What I want to do is build the new site, but keep the old one live while I work on the new one. I’m new, so it will take me a while.

    How do I work on a wordpress site, without overriding the old flash site files?

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  • The most straightforward way would be to add a subdomain to your existing site. So, if your current site is example.org, setup a subdomain like dev.example.org. That’s where you can then install WordPress, work on the site, and then eventually “switch it over”.

    Now, normally you’d develop the site locally, so you don’t have development files out on a live, production server, but that requires setting up a local, virtual environment that should, as closely as possible, mirror the production server, which can be a challenge. It’s a also a bit more challenging in that it can’t easily be shared if you’re not on the same network (without using another service, at least).

    If you’re up for that, though, take a look at Vagrant (w/ VirtualBox) and Puppet, and something like Finch.

    In summary, you basically setup a second site for development, and once you’re done developing, you simply replace one with the other.

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