I have a site using article live CMS with around 500 unique articles and would like to chage its current domain name to something new. Whats the best way to do this and inform the SE that it has been done?
Moving Site To New Domain
- Thread starter maverick
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I dunno if you move server too but here are some things so you could get the idea of.... this:
1. Set up the site on the new domain. Copy everything over. But keep everything on the old one too.
2. If possible, continue running with the (mysql?) database from the old server(domain) for 3 days. And continue to run the site on the old domain for 3 days too. This is because all fucking DNS caching all over the web and it takes time for domains to update etc.
3. After 3 days:
Move the database to the new domain. On the old domain do a redirect to the new one.
1. Set up the site on the new domain. Copy everything over. But keep everything on the old one too.
2. If possible, continue running with the (mysql?) database from the old server(domain) for 3 days. And continue to run the site on the old domain for 3 days too. This is because all fucking DNS caching all over the web and it takes time for domains to update etc.
3. After 3 days:
Move the database to the new domain. On the old domain do a redirect to the new one.
PHP:
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://domain.com");
exit();
Hold it out for about 1 month, any people who came in from favorites and or remembering the domain will take note of the change, if you keep it up to long then new visitors via a search engine will be mislead.
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