Unable to convert addon website to primary website

  • Resolved wbrant

    (@wbrant)


    8 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Everyone,

    I want to discontinue my primary website and replace it with one of its addon websites. I follow all the WordPress instructions but it isn’t working. I first had the host (Inmotion Hosting)change the name of the primary domain to that of the addon domain. Next, you transfer the files from the addon directory to the website root, by “reuploading them”. I am doing this wrong because it isn’t working, and I need more explanation.

    Thank You
    Walter

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  • Thread Starter wbrant

    (@wbrant)

    I figured it out and here are the basic steps.
    1. Back up everything using Backuo Wizard in cPanel.
    2.Have the host change the name of your primary website to that of the addon domain
    4. Upload all the files to public_html so they will go into the root of your website. To do this, download a new copy of WordPress to Downloads and upload every folder and file in it to public_html, except the folder wp-content and the file wp-config.php. wp-content contains the things you have put into your addon and wp-config,php has passwords and other things. Open your backup directory in Downloads and find wp_content and wp-config.php. Upload these to public_html.
    5. If the links to the pages and posts don’t work, generate a new .htaccess file. To do this go to Settings>Permalinks. Click Save and it will generate the file.
    6. In Menus, edit all the permalinks,

    Walter

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