Transferring From temp to Permanent

  • Hello I’m fairly new at developing and launching websites. Ive been working as a student for a client and her domain was locked with go-daddy so we used a temp to develop the site and now we are in the finishing stages and ready to make the temp have a permanent address is it as simple as changing the URL within the WordPress settings or is there more too it? Because before launch i tried changing the URL and obviously the domain was locked and then we couldn’t find our WordPress site. I just don’t want something like that happening again.

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  • Topher

    (@topher1kenobe)

    Google for “All-in-One WP Migration”, I’d give that a shot.

    Thread Starter timhatchii

    (@timhatchii)

    It kind of sound like the better search and replace plugin. I guess what I’m saying is the new location isn’t registering all the changes and edits because in the database the edits are being directed to the temp domain correct? So is it really as easy as just putting the new domain in the correct area within better search and replace plugin and the old one and let it get to work swapping the old with new? then technically all changes should be directed to the new domain. And then within wordpress setting i should just switch the site address to the new once the changes have been made and i should be able to login at the permanent location while it also displays all the work ive done to the temp.

    So is it really as easy as just putting the new domain in the correct area within better search and replace plugin and the old one and let it get to work swapping the old with new?

    Yes, as well as moving the temp site files to the new location. It is best to search and replaced without any www. http// https// prefix e.g. replace test-domain-name.com with original-domain-name.com.

    And then within wordpress setting i should just switch the site address to the new one

    The search and replace shoud take care of this.

    Thread Starter timhatchii

    (@timhatchii)

    alright barnez im gonna give it a try today. wish me luck boys!

    Thread Starter timhatchii

    (@timhatchii)

    also this is the full adress https://box2079.temp.domains/~barnstp3/?p=123
    but i only need to enter box2079.temp.domains as the temp correct?

    Thread Starter timhatchii

    (@timhatchii)

    And this is the permanent domain https://www.barntormersgp.com
    so replace box2079.temp.domains with barnstormersgp.com?

    And this is the permanent domain https://www.barntormersgp.com
    so replace box2079.temp.domains with barnstormersgp.com?

    Yes. Keep a backup of the original database in case you run into problems.

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