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Building your site on a temporary address

3 replies · Started by Pete Baker on February 17, 2015

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February 17, 2015 at 9:59 am #75982

Hi,

Just wondered if there is any downside to building your site and adding content whilst on the temporary address? Will it cause any problems or make extra work when I eventually switch over to my chosen domain?

Thanks

Pete

February 17, 2015 at 11:49 pm #76130

Hi Pete,

I do it all the time, but you'll need to either:

a) Use a site migrator like BackupBuddy's "ImportBuddy" to move the site (it searches your database for the old URL and replaces them with the new one).
b) Use a plugin like this to find and replace the temp URL and update it with the new one: https://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/

Note: You may need to re-upload your header/logo through the Customizer when you move the site - for some reason that URL doesn't update.

Let me know if you have any questions :)

February 18, 2015 at 9:40 am #76298

That's great, thanks Tom.

February 18, 2015 at 11:09 am #76330

You're welcome :)

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