samchang1130

Hi, finally have time to try it. Got the site up and running in local PC already. The only thing I found it odd is that now no matter the site or the WP admin, the path is under 127.0.0.1/wordpress/. What I need to change in order to make all pages sit under docroot ‘127.0.0.1/’?

For the host name, I suppose I only need to add an entry into the hosts file somewhere. I try not to do it at the moment, as I still need to refer to the public production site from time to time and setting it, so that it is exactly the same as production one, is troublesome for day to day operation. Is there easy way to handle it?

Thanks! Will try

After knowing more, my intended plan is:
– full backup of the site (hope it can include all images and pdfs);
– build a local copy of WP in my PC and restore everything there;
– change the site, including new theme, new plugins, restructure folders/navigation, rephrase some posts (and try not to touch image/pdf as I still don’t understand the impact);
– backup the database and restore on the production site.

I try not to require to write SQL and update database directly if possible (not sure if I can do it correctly and completely). The most concern is whether the last step (backup/restore database) is good enough to reflect all changes intended. If not, what I can do is best? Pls advise. Thanks.

One more question. No matter having a local copy in my computer, or another installation on server, do I need to use exactly same version of WP for both so that I can backup and restore the database?

Thanks for the suggestion. It means I can install another copy to separate folder (I bet manually) and copy the database to new one (hope I can find out how), then I can have both old and new sites running in parallel. After I finish the change, is it better to just point the domain to the new site and delete the old one, or copy the new database back to original one? The uploads seems to affect which one is better. But if I want to regroup the uploads (mainly pdf and images), is it better to copy them as well to new site, do the change, and just point the domain to here? Pls advise if it is possible. Thanks.