For those who don’t know, a website migration is when you move a website from one hosting environment to another. This could be moving a website from a staging server to production server (from development to the live site). It could also mean moving the site from a sub-domain to another domain on the same […]
WordPress Website Migration Checklist
Installing WordPress Without A Domain Name
When moving an existing WordPress site from one hosting company to another, there are steps you have to consider. Most migration tools allow you to import a database from the existing install into your new WordPress install on the new server. The best way is to go with a host like WP Engine, that allows […]
What Is A Domain Name?
Domain names are the human-readable web addresses. Just like a regular street address takes you to a physical location, domain names take you to the website they are associated with. Every website resides on a server somewhere in the world. The default address for each website is a series of four numbers, called an IP […]
How To Flush Your Page Cache
Here’s a situation I’ve encountered before when setting up new websites with a brand new domain and a new server. When setting up a new site, sometimes when going to the correct web address, you still get a default CGI page from the server. This can be due to several things, but if everything else […]