Change theme or domain first?
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I bought a new domain and I want to use it instead of my current domain for my website. I also want to change my theme. Which should I do first? At the time I have my new domain forwarded to my current domain.
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It would make more sense to transfer your site to the new domain first. Get that working correctly and ranking as it should and then you can focus on changing the design.
Here is some good information from Google on how to achieve this.
-Andy
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