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Uploading WordPress site

  • 04-12-2014 7:54am
    #1
    Tsipras
    Closed Accounts Posts: 493 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I've made a WordPress site (for the first time) on my localhost and I now want to upload it and have it go live. I own the domain name I want to use but I currently have an existing (non-WordPress) site using that name.

    Can is use the existing web-host and upload my new site to that?

    Do i have to pay WordPress for mapping to an existing domain?

    Any advice appreciated!


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  • #2
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,343 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    Tsipras wrote:
    Can is use the existing web-host and upload my new site to that?


    Just upload the WordPress files to your server (hosting provider server) with the ftp settings you were given.


  • #3
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    red_bairn wrote: »
    Just upload the WordPress files to your server (hosting provider server) with the ftp settings you were given.

    You also need to create a database and move the data to it.

    OP, Google "worpdress migration". There are loads of tutorials but some will be easier to follow.


  • #4
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    BTW, I used to do it this way but find it much easier to start on a live site, hidden behind a maintenance plugin.


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