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Moving a live site....

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  • 28-05-2010 2:30pm
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    AMPSound
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭


    Well actually a bit more complicated than the title suggests...

    We have had out main site at www.ampsoundsystems.com for years and years. Its time for a change! We are in the process of developing a new site, built on Wordpress. It is currently installed on www.ampsoundsystems.com/site.

    I have to leave the old one up for a few more weeks until the new site is completely ready. When I am ready to change, am I better just to redirect ampsoundsystems.com to ampsoundsystems.com/site or move /site/ into the root?

    Over the past number of years, we have built up a very nice search engine rating, along with many valuable backlinks. Most of these links go to a page deep in the site, such as ampsoundsystems.com/quote/quote.html. The new site will not follow this same link structure, and that page for example will be http://ampsoundsystems.com/site/get-a-quote/pa-systems/. Should I redirect those important ones as well with a 301?

    And finally, before I completely move everything over, should I let the new site sit there for a month or 2 to let all the search engines index it properly before I remove/redirect the old one?

    Thanks in advance for all input.


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,509 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    There is a plugin that can do 301 redirects for you.

    For another site, one I changed from static html to WordPress, I added 301 redirects to the .htaccess file, above the WordPress section. 
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Redirect 301 /main-courses/ /menus/mains/
Redirect 301 /starters/     /menus/starters
Redirect 301 /wines/        /
Redirect 301 /contact/      /contact-us/
Redirect 301 /gifts/        /
Redirect 301 /map/          /contact-us/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>


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