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Written: June 24, 2011
Since most of my web clients are now using WordPress it was only logical to migrate my own site from a custom PHP implementation to a custom WordPress site. Here are the steps that I followed:
1) Decided on a new look for my site by making a Home page mock-up in Photoshop
2) Created a static HTML index.html page for my new Home page
3) Created a custom WordPress theme by dividing my index.html page into PHP, CSS and Javascript files
4) Add my favorite plugins
5) Imported my blog from www.blogger.com
6) Tested and went live
If you’re curious about the details drop me an email or leave a comment. This migration took me about 10 hours to complete and now I can update my new site using only a web browser instead of using Dreamweaver.
Of course I still use Dreamweaver, Photoshop and WordPress every day now to deliver customized features, pages, WordPress themes and WordPress plugins.
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I would like to know the detailed process of migrating my php website to wordpress. My wordpress directly lies in website’s directory.
Good morning. If you are handy with HTML, CSS and Javascript you can re-use the look of your current PHP site and create a Custom Template in WordPress. Otherwise you have a few choices:
1) Use an existing WordPress Theme.
2) Hire someone to create a custom WordPress Theme
3) Learn how to code your own custom theme in WordPress
How much content do you have to migrate from your PHP site to WordPress? Is it a handful of pages, hundreds of pages or thousands of pages?
Here’s some WordPress documentation on creating a new theme: http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
If time is of the essence, then hire a WordPress developer like me to get the job done quickly and correctly.