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Question: Best Practices on Initial Development Location
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- C J Gilbert
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- Website Dude
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Hi Everyone,
Okay, here is the scenario:
I have a client who already has a website. And I will be building him a new one in Joomla.
1. What is the best practice?
Build it in a sub-directory and then move it to the root on launch?
Or build it on my own hosting server and then move it to his on launch?
(I imagine that building it in a sub-directory might be easier, but building it on my own hosting server gives me the most control.)
Follow up:
2. How exactly do you move it to it's final place after it's built elsewhere (either sub-directory or completely different hosting)?
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- John Hodgkinson
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- Retired, but build and run websites for organisations of school leaders and others - e.g. http://www.icponline.org, http://www.aspa.asn.au, http://www.appa.asn.au
- I set up a subdomain of either the client's domain or mine, and then, when the site is ready to go public, we change the pointers to the new site. That way, the site is already set up in its own folders, and no files have to be physically moved.
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- C J Gilbert
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That is an excellent idea.
I did something similar on my last project... I was taking over the hosting anyway, so I set up the space on my own server for the domain and then used a mirrored sub-domain of my own domain name to develop it. (...While keeping the original domain pointed to the old stuff.)
But with your idea, what would I do differently?
I mean, probably everything, right? Because I'd want to set up the database on their server... and then what are you suggesting? Open a new subdomain on their name, build the site, and then what do you point at the new subdomain in the end?
I don't want to affect their current email setup, etc.
What exactly would you do to launch it?
Would this have any negative effects on SEO?
Would the future pages show up on search engine results pages with the subdomain name?
What do you think, guys? Is this the best way to do it? - Grab a free copy of my book - Five Golden Keys to Sharpen Your Website - and feel free to share with a business owner you know who could use it!
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