Transiting Websites

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  cvsseminary · Member · Oct 30, 2020 at 6:35 pm

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  How does it work when you are transitioning your website to Word Press? I have a generic website that I want to switch over to Word Press. But want to work on it at my own pace/make it perfect. Does your old website keep running until you ‘Publish’ your new one?

  Thanks!

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  ryrhino00 · Member · Oct 31, 2020 at 3:51 am

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  Hi,

  You can build your new site here and then wait to connect the domain until everything is ready to go.

  You can get a free site with a .wordpress.com subdomain.

  https://wordpress.com/free/

  Keep the new site private as to not affect any SEO.

  https://wordpress.com/support/settings/privacy-settings/

  Once you are ready you can choose to transfer or map your domain to WordPress.

  https://wordpress.com/support/domain-mapping-vs-domain-transfer/

  This guide will help you learn how to use WordPress.

  https://wordpress.com/learn/

  Webinars are a great tool for getting started. Check those out at https://wordpress.com/webinars/