Hi there, I'm currently faced with a major problem and I was just hoping that an expert would be able to help me out. I have the logins to where the domain is hosted and I have the website files. I was just wondering if anyone would be able to assist me in uploading and replacing the old website files with the new ones? I'm using FileZilla - The website is HTML and not WordPress (the new files are WordPress - How would I be able to replace HTML files with WordPress ones?). I look forward to your responses! Thanks. Jordan.
You'll need a bit more than firezilla. If you don't need any of the old website you can just delete all the old files. For the new wordpress site you'll have to create a mysql database, install wordpress, upload all your theme /custom files. You'll probably need to transfer all your content too. It can be a little bit annoying
First login to your cpanel and go to MySQL. Create a database and give it an identifiable name, like "wp". Write down all information: Database Host address Database name Username User password. Next delete your old files, including the .htaccess file and upload all wordpress files directly to your server through Filezilla. When that's done, open your web browser and navigate to your site. It will say you have no .htaccess file and ask if you want Wordpress to create one. Click yes, then follow the instructions to install Wordpress on your site. Use the info about your database when prompted and then name your site, create a login and all and you're done. Simple as pie!
A word of caution. Before beginning the move, rename the existing top level directory. E.g. www → www-bak Now make a new directory www. If it all goes tits up, you still have your old site intact and can recover. Never delete what you have until you know its replacement is working ok. cheers, gary
This is a good point, but I would just download the old site instead of renaming the directory. Unless you know what you're doing, you can really mess things up like this; your main site will be in your root directory, which means you'll have to rename it and recreate your root directory (usually public_html).
You make a good point, but I assume anyone with ftp admin or super-user permissions will have at least a modicum of knowledge and good sense. If he lacks those, he's going to upgefucht the site sooner or later. Might as well get it out of his system early.