Hi Folks,
Newbie web designer here.
I’ve got a client who currently has their website built on **Umbraco CMS**. I’m rebuilding their website from scratch in **WordPress**.
The Client has recently renewed Hosting for another two years. Their website address/domain is not changing either.
I am not sure how I can build their new WordPress site on their existing hosting without affecting their current site built on Umbraco until I am ready to cutover. Seeking advice on how to go about it.
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* Can I build a new WordPress website on a **sub**\-domain on their *existing* hosting without affecting their current Umbraco website? Once I’ve finished building the website on the subdomain, I can then delete Umbraco CMS on the *main* domain, set up WordPress (on the main domain) and export my webpages from the subdomain. Is this a good way to go about it?
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* If the answer to the above question is NO, can I build a new WordPress site from scratch on an **add-on** domain on their existing hosting without affecting their current website? ill need to buy a new domain just for this purpose.
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I am based in Melbourne, Australia. Hosting provider is Conetix.
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
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WordPress is built on PHP and Umbraco is ASP.NET- They really should have reviewed their hosting plan before renewing as they have different requirements. Typically Umbraco is on an IIS server and WP on Apache / NGINIX.
I would imagine the host should hopefully let you swap to an appropriate plan and credit what’s been paid.
You could set up a dev.clientdomain.com and build on there using the same hosting with WP in its own directory.