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Hi Cory, I gave up on figuring why it wouldn’t work on the main domain since the content wasn’t important to me.

But I’m curious about something, and wondering if you can answer this. What if we just created a folder instead of a subdomain? So instead of newsite.example.com, it would be example.com/newsite. What happens if you run the installer in the newsite folder? Will you have a website within a website? Or will that completely wipeout the example.com website?

Okay, I have a feeling this is what’s happening. When clicking on the pre-zip size. I get something very enormous. So I think it’s trying package everything in the root which includes all my other subdomains. And the hosting serving is just timing out.

I see something called the directory filter. I’m suppose to use that to exclude my subdomains, right?

Am I on the right track?

BTW, there is this wp-snapshots folder in my public_html folder. When I go into it, I do see thee zip packages that I tried to create. I see a bunch of them for the bunch of times I tried. They just don’t show up in the wordpress admin.

Thanks for all the advice Milkymedia! I learned a lot these past few days. This plugin is awesome.

I closed my eyes and did some testing. I found out, it’s okay to install it in an existing wordpress site folder. And you can use the existing database user, password. After you input all the credentials at the installer.php set-up page, it’ll give you an error because of an existing wp-config.php file. You’ll need to delete it. The installer will then overwrite all existing files. I also did a trial run on a fresh install with a brand-new sub-domain. Everything went smooth as well.

I’m curious of one thing though. All these testings are done with subdomains, and subdomains act like their own website. So I get it. What if we just created a folder instead of a subdomain? So instead of newsite.example.com, it would be example.com/newsite. What happens if you do that? Will you have website within a website? Or will that completely wipeout the example.com website?

Seems like you’re trying to preserve the contents of my main domain/root folder. It is not important.

Could I go into mysql and delete the database that correlates with my root folder? Then install the package and installer in the root?

Then we wouldn’t need to worry about pointing or redirecting?

But if I do not install over an existing wordpress install, how does the domain know which wordpress site to pull up?

What I want to do is move a wordpress site I’ve been developing under a sub-domain, shop.example.com. I want to move it to my main domain, example.com. Right now, example.com is a wordpress site too.

I’m a newbie btw. Not just to this plugin, but to the overall web-hosting structure. So if my questions seem elementary or silly, please keep that in mind. LOL!

Okay, I’ve figured out how to read mysql database and to match each of them to my domains. So you guys don’t need to show me that aspect.

So the question remains… if the desired destination already has a wordpress site, can I use the credentials of that existing database, or do I still need to create a new database? Does it even matter either way?

Hmmm that plugin you mentioned, does that mean I don’t have to follow the codex.wordpress instructions?

Okay, thank you so much for your help!

FYI, example.com also has wordpress and other themes installed in it, but it’s not important. Prior to transferring all my files from shop.example.com, I should delete everything in example.com, correct?

Can you clarify…

For example, I’m developing my site on a subdomain, shop.example.com. When I’m done, I want to drop the shop, so it’s just example.com.

My understanding is that I have to move all the files from shop.example.com to example.com, correct?

Which situation do I fall under?

A. When Your Domain Name and URLs Do Not Change
or
B. When Your Domain Name or URLs Change

Does not involve permalinks or anything either?

It’s like when you don’t know cars, and how all the parts effect each other, or which parts work independently. That’s how I feel right now with all this website stuff.

Help!