How To Move WordPress

Easily move a WordPress site from local to live easy and fun.

Creating a local WordPress website comes with a lot of advantages like speed of development, no waiting time for uploads and easy access to the site files. However the downside is when you have to move your work of web art onto the a live server.

Step by Step of Moving a Local Wordpress Site LIVE

1. Search for domain name and use domain suggest if you need help

2. Purchase the domain using services like GoDaddy or NamesCheap

3. Setup hosting either by purchasing a new account or doing an addon domain

4. Copy the nameservers details from the hosting to the domain -(simmer for 10 minutes to 2 days)

5. Zip local files and upload via filemanager in cPanel then expand the directory

6. Use the phpMyAdmin to export the local database

7. Use Notepad++ or Mac equivalent to open the SQL file and find and replace “http://localhost” with

8. Create MySQL database, create the user, add the user to the database

9. Edit the wp-config and change the local details to the new database

10. With your website ready add the sitemap plugin and submit to the Google webmaster tools

11. Register for Google Apps and then add the tracking script to your theme

12. Double check all the pages on your site, grab a coffee and congratulate yourself

*YOU ARE GOING TO GET FROM THIS COURSE*

• Over 6 lectures and 45 mins of content!

• you will be able to buy a domain and hook it up to your hosting

• you will be able to move a local wordpress website to a live server

• you will also know how to submit your website to search engines and install analytics

*FEATURES*

• Lifetime access to 6 lectures

• A community of 2300+ students learning together!

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* WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE ON UDEMY *

"great and informative course.good job Mr Carl and Koen."

-(Brad) ★★★★★

"Great course on how to move a local developed website live to a production server plus a lot of webmaster tips including, XML generators, Analytics, etc."

-(Ricardo Párraga) ★★★★★

"Rock and Roll. This was very informative. Thank-You !"

-(Web Developer Glen Smith) ★★★★★

Instructed By : Mr Carl Heaton | UX Consultant and Web Design Instructor

Carl is the founder of Web Courses and a UX consultant for the United Nations. At Web Courses Carl teaches Web Design and Online Marketing to people from all around the world.

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