WP Install – same Domain/different servers

  • The client wants to maintain their current site located on a different server/provider (Server A) until the new site is launched. The new site will be hosted on a different server (Server B), however, since they share the same domain, WordPress installation defaults to the existing site on Server A.

    Is there a method to install WP to Server B to allow access to the Dashboard and editing whilst keeping the old site alive and well on Server A – both using the same Domain the transfer the domain to the new content?

    Thanks in advance..

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  • What I would do is use a subdomain of the current live site – perhaps staging.domain.com and the build the new site on here point the DNS to server B’s IP address. Then when you come to want to go live you can point the live domain to the same IP and run a find and replace script to change out all the URLs. I use this one:

    https://github.com/interconnectit/Search-Replace-DB

    Thread Starter fbrookman

    (@fbrookman)

    Thanks for the quick reply, Mark! Using cPanel I created a new subdomain where I installed WordPress, but when complete, I now get:

    This webpage is not available

    The server at https://www.wisper.mtvernon.com can’t be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website’s name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network.

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