[Hidden-tech] Easy way to clone a WordPress website?

[Rich Roth]

Shel and others.

1) For those wondering and with SQL skills - the statement to fix the url for a WP site is:

update wp_options SET option_value = "http://FULL. DOMAIN.TLD" WHERE option_name in 
('siteurl', 'home');

Note FULL.DOMAIN.TLD is the full hostname you want visitors to see - 
guerrillamarketinggoesgreen.com
or www.guerrillamarketinggoesgreen.com and the leading "http://" is required.

2) it is really critical in today's world that you make sure BOTH www. and non-www 
versions of your site URLs
work - it's best if the one you prefer is defined as the web site and the other has a 301 
redirect to the other.

Shel seems to like guerrillamarketinggoesgreen.com so that should be the Wordpress site
and www.guerrillamarketinggoesgreen.com should 301 to guerrillamarketinggoesgreen.com
If you don't know how to do a 301 - have your hosting company help.

Rich

On 1/8/2014 11:27 AM, Jeff Brand wrote:
>     **
>
> Stefan and others are correct with some caveats:
>
> 1. The configured Site URL is used often to generate dynamic addresses to login pages, 
> the administrative section, and links in content. If you're attempting to phase out the 
> old domain over time, it might be worth using some automated tools (previously 
> mentioned) to update content to use the new address while still keeping the old one 
> active. If you have no preference which is being used internally, then that action isn't 
> necessary. If you and your visitors watch the address bar carefully, you may find 
> yourself being bumped over to one URL or the other accordingly. This is most likely not 
> a big deal except for your authentication cookies.
>
> 2. Google should be able to discern that they are the same site under two names. To be 
> sure, make sure your SEO tools are including a "canonical url" tag, discussed here: 
> https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/139394?hl=en. View the source of any of 
> your site's pages to verify whether this is in place and as-expected.
>
> This should also let you control which url shows up in Google's results.
>
> On 1/7/2014 9:09 PM, Stefan Gonick wrote:
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