transfering domains

ok so I have a blog with some pretty good information

the domain name sucks

but all of the sudden a good domain became available, I scooped it up

I have a little seo work in the old domain but not enough to make traffic worth a &#*$

I think the new domain has enough SEO value to outweigh the work I have put in to the old domain

How do I go about transfering all of the posts to the new domain?

 

do you require complete wordpress transfer or only post you want to transfer............

 

export the posts in wordpress under tools
then import them to the new domain
delete old wp installation

and put in a 301 redirect in your .htaccess files

 

Yes posts only.

Thank you very much

 

simply - how to you redirect the htaccess file?

Also I cannot find this file. I have had this problem with hostmonster before. This file is hidden and i cant figure out how to unhide it.

 

Why don't you redirect your old domain to new one it will resolve your problem.

 

I redirected the domain in google webmaster tools

but I want to redirect all pages in the domain.

Don't know how to do this....

Just delete wordpress?

 

OK. So I exported the wordpress posts and imported into a new domains wordpress.

Now all of the SLUGS have a 2 at the end and IT WILL NOT let me remove them

Whats going on?

Whats the fix?

 

why not try remove database directly?

 

Huh ?

 

the .htaccess is a hidden file so you may not normally see it
windows will not noramlly allow you to create a .htaccess file so you need to call is h.taccess initially

add in

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

ftp to old domain and rename to .htaccess

and then when someone click on link from old domain they will be redirected to new domain

 

HOSTMONSTER will not let you do "FollowSymLinks" anymore because of security issues.

GRRR WTF

 

@dnoah i used hostmonster two year ago, that time they allow this