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Transfer a site to a new domain - How

         

zeus

11:48 am on Dec 20, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Normaly thats not my job, but I have to move a site to a new domain, the site is PHP with datbase SQL on a linux server, so how do I do that, what must be changed so the site works on the new domain.

coopster

1:22 pm on Dec 20, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I would start with ...
  • Update all old-domain hard-coded references to new domain
  • Set up any new redirects that may be necessary
  • Dump old database (create statements and table data) to text file
  • Create new database
  • Compare old configuration (httpd.conf, php.ini, mysql.conf) with new domain and update any directives that may cause failure/issue