How To Transfer The Wordpress Blog From The Subdomain To The Domain I Bought [resolved] or, how can I make the new domain to be the main one

[miladinoski 1]

So, I received my first free domain (miladinoski.com) from Xisto yesterday and it was activated several hours later (it was my first domain ever! ) and I need to say I am very happy about this.

 

Now I want to get rid of my old sub-domain (miladinoski.trap17.com) so it redirects to the new one, and the one I bought needs to be my main one. If you try entering miladinoski.com in your address bar (or clicking above) you can see that now it just redirects to the sub-domain, because I added it as a parked domain. As I explained, I need to know how can I make the transfer of my blog from the sub-domain to the domain, without losing data of course.?

 

I already submitted a ticket to the 'Xisto - Domains' department yesterday to ask them if they can do this transfer on their own, but I haven't received a reply and strangely enough I didn't even receive a mail as I usually do when I submit a ticket that it has been received and it's going to be reviewed. Do I need to submit it to another department (the Xisto one) or will it get resolved?

 

I really need your help on this!

 

Thanks!?

[xpress 0]

If you want to redirect your subdomain to your main domain please follow the instructions.

 

Go to your cpanel and click on Redirects in the Domains tab.

Look at Add Redirect . At http://(www.)? select your sub domain name.

And at redirects to type your new domain name. Then click on Add.

 

Note..leave the default options Permanent(301) and Redirect with or without www. Permanent(301) is very important for SEO.

 

Now if you enter your sub domain name in browser..you'll be redirected to your main domain. That means your new domain name appear in the browsers address bar. Any other doubts? post here.....

[miladinoski 1]

If you want to redirect your subdomain to your main domain please follow the instructions.

 

Go to your cpanel and click on Redirects in the Domains tab.

Look at Add Redirect . At http://(www.)? select your sub domain name.

And at redirects to type your new domain name. Then click on Add.

 

Note..leave the default options Permanent(301) and Redirect with or without www. Permanent(301) is very important for SEO.

 

Now if you enter your sub domain name in browser..you'll be redirected to your main domain. That means your new domain name appear in the browsers address bar. Any other doubts? post here.....

Hmm.. My question was not to redirect my subdomain to my main one, because that will make the site unusable as WordPress is a CMS and uses MySQL and the links won't look good. Yes, your method does work but only the main page is called miladinoski.com, while if you click on any post you get links like:

http://miladinoski.trap17.com/2008/11/...

and not like:

http://miladinoski.com/2008/11/...

.

 

Hope this clears things up.

 

ps. I know of this: https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress but I'm not sure what I should do step by step.

Edited December 17, 2008 by miladinoski (see edit history)

[xpress 0]

Hmmm...I suggested the solution after reading your post. I forgot the title of your page. One easy solution is installing your wordpress again with the new domain name. I know this won't help you as you already had important content in your wordpress. If not try it. And you know the second solution. That link has the complete solution. It has step by step instructions. I don't know much about Wordpress but those stpes looking somewhat easy. Try them once.....sorry I can't help you about wordpress

[miladinoski 1]

I rule. I followed http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/"</a&gt'>thishttp://forums.xisto.com/ tutorial and I worked it out! Now my TLD is the main one and the subdomain just redirects to it!

 

YUM!

 

Thanks xpress!

Edited December 17, 2008 by miladinoski (see edit history)

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