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New DW site instead of an old WordPress

  • April 9, 2018
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Hi,

I'm building a new DW website for someone who has already an old WordPress website. He is using the domain and hosting on GoDaddy. I am creating a new DW website and would like to publish everything through DW (through client ftp). I'm just wondering how it works if his old website is already on the air? Is possible to take over once I'll add all the domain user and password and ftp address on DW?

Also I would love some assistant how to upload the DW website on a temporary ftp, so the client will be able to view it on a Safari web page from his computer.

Many thanks!

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simonem69338517  wrote

Hi,

I'm building a new DW website for someone who has already an old WordPress website. He is using the domain and hosting on GoDaddy. I am creating a new DW website and would like to publish everything through DW (through client ftp). I'm just wondering how it works if his old website is already on the air? Is possible to take over once I'll add all the domain user and password and ftp address on DW?

Also I would love some assistant how to upload the DW website on a temporary ftp, so the client will be able to view it on a Safari web page from his computer.

Many thanks!

The problem I have with that is does your client know they will have no ability to update the website themselves unless you introduce a CMS? That's why a lot of web-developers use Wordpress, not because it writes good code, its because widgets are 10  a penny and you need little skill to use Wordpress unless you are a coder and can pick it apart and get rid of some of the redundant rubbish it brings over into the pages code, plus it comes with a default CMS.

Be careful because you might unknowingly be giving your client something which doesnt meet their expectations...

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April 9, 2018

simonem69338517  wrote

Hi,

I'm building a new DW website for someone who has already an old WordPress website. He is using the domain and hosting on GoDaddy. I am creating a new DW website and would like to publish everything through DW (through client ftp). I'm just wondering how it works if his old website is already on the air? Is possible to take over once I'll add all the domain user and password and ftp address on DW?

Also I would love some assistant how to upload the DW website on a temporary ftp, so the client will be able to view it on a Safari web page from his computer.

Many thanks!

The problem I have with that is does your client know they will have no ability to update the website themselves unless you introduce a CMS? That's why a lot of web-developers use Wordpress, not because it writes good code, its because widgets are 10  a penny and you need little skill to use Wordpress unless you are a coder and can pick it apart and get rid of some of the redundant rubbish it brings over into the pages code, plus it comes with a default CMS.

Be careful because you might unknowingly be giving your client something which doesnt meet their expectations...

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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April 9, 2018

I 2nd that concern.  That's like throwing baby out with the bathwater.

What is to be gained from taking down a dynamic WP site and replacing it with a presumably static site?  That's counterproductive in most cases.   Perhaps a better approach would be to keep the current WP site and learn to customize it in DW. 

WordPress Theme Customization Guide | Press Coders

Nancy

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    just create a NEW folder on the root web server (beside the old WP files)... and publish all your DW files in the NEW folder

    once your new web site is over... you remove the old WP files... and set all your files a folder up (removing the NEW folder)

    just be aware on writing correctly all your internal link... if they are relative to the document, you shouldn't have toom much trouble, but if you use a root relative link... you will have to handle a search and replace 'NEW/' by an empty string

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