Migrating to Wordpress
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Hi Mozzers, happy friday!
I'm moving a new clients website from a really bad CMS to Wordpress and wondered what I need to do to do this, get the A record of the old programmers? If someone could do me a checklist that'd be great!
Thanks!
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Yes,
you would most probably give them your IP, except that if they are an agency you would not want them to still have domain control - So just personally, I would get registrar access and get it switched to network solutions or some host like that.
Then, once the registrar transfer is complete, then you have control to point the domain where-ever you want.
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Thanks Shane,
The website is hosted by an external agency but we are going to be hosting it on our server. Do I give the agency my IP address or is there something specific I need to ask them to do?
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http://moz.com/blog/achieving-an-seo-friendly-domain-migration-the-infographic
http://moz.com/blog/seo-guide-how-to-properly-move-domains
The above are more for SEO checks, but to answer the specific A-record question, the A-record is what you would change/create to point to the new server where Wordpress install will be.
Or, if you are swithing regstrars as well you would just change your name servers to point to the new registrar/host.
Most host technical support will help you with this (domain switch not SEO checks), and some even have "free migration" services
Hope this helps
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