runamuck

As a follow up on this…I created the site on Divi and /project/ is the slug created when using their ‘projects’ custom post type.

Now we have converted back, but old links still contain the slug ‘project’.

How do I redirect or fix this so that the old links are redirected to the new link without the slug?

Am I making sense?

Hi Robin,
I sent an email with screenshots to the email address on your website.

Thanks!
Amy

So I tried this:
Went to settings>Permalinks and saved to Default.

Then I edited the .htaccess and deleted the “extra”

# BEGIN WordPress
# END WordPress

Uploaded to directory and overwrote the existing .htaccess file. Then went back to Settings>Permalinks and clicked on the “pretty” permalink structure.

I looked at the .htaccess file again and the “double” code appeared again.

I tempted to repeat the above process, but deleting .htaccess after saving to default permalinks.

Would that screw up the website?

So can I delete the extraneous code and save the file without doing any harm?

Thanks!

wow. thanks so much. I just have to copy over wp-content to the root? Shouldn’t I copy over everything?

Am I supposed to completely empty the root folder before putting new files in?

okay…now I’m getting a little (okay, a lot) nervous. Can someone review my plan of action below and let me know that it’s correct?

My situation:
My redesigned site (new) is in a subdirectory (folder) of the primary domain name. (eg. https://www.primary.com/newsite).

The site to be replaced (old) is in a subdomain of the primary domain name (shared hosting on same server). This is the root directory. (eg https://www.rootsite.com)

My strategy:
1 – back up “old” WP files and database. This is the existing site on the root directory.
2 – Log into newsite and change WordPress and Site address to new location which should reflect the root directory.
3 – Move WP core files to the new location via FTP.
4 – done???

I guess I’m not sure what to do with the existing site. Can I simply move the files to a subdomain labeled Archives?

You don’t need a plugin, but you can give your site admin the feed URL by category:

https://yourwebsitename.com/category/your_category_name/feed/

So what should I do with the old WP site? Archive it? And should I do that first before redirecting?

Thanks WPyogi!

Ok, the existing/current WordPress site (SSM.com) is in a subdirectory of the root directory.

I am redesigning in a newly created subdirectory of SSM.com (SSM/newSSM.com).

Do I do the same thing in this case?

Thanks Jackie!

This is an especially large site with high traffic so just wanted to double-check.

Also, what’s the best way to redirect the URL once the new website is done? Should I just redirect the URL in Settings? I don’t want to break any existing links. I haven’t done this is a while…

Thanks!

I’ve been making the edits thru Dreamweaver (in remote view). Just to double-check, I went into the the webhost’s file manager via cPanel and checked the file and it was unchanged. I edited the file via cPanel and it worked. Thanks for your quick response!

I did that and rechecked the index.php file, but i still get the same error message. Anything else that i’m missing?