ppproperty Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Hi Im totaly new to php but I have a website in html hosted at yahoo and I have decided the time has come to host a real estate website with php as it will save time and look more profesional I have found a couple of products that look good my current site is however very well ranked so i would like to keep the same url how difficult is this and are there resourses to help through it. I would be very gratefull for any help with the least jargon possible thankyou Kind regards Paul Stubbs Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Using PHP would only make sense if you are going to have any dynamic content. It is possible to keep the same URL and the difficulty of the "conversion" depends on what kind of features you plan to implement on your website. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppproperty Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Using PHP would only make sense if you are going to have any dynamic content. It is possible to keep the same URL and the difficulty of the "conversion" depends on what kind of features you plan to implement on your website. It is my intention to have dynamic pages for uploading properties to the site and also for visitor searches. Can you tell me if its possible yo upload the script to the server and gradualy swap it over file by file or what Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I would recommend you to finish the site and then replace it with your old one. You can either choose to program it yourself or you might want to hire other people. You can use the free lancing forum here. There are also several freelancing websites designed for clients to meet professionals and vice-versa. Having a professional developer to make it for you could easily cost several thousands of dollars though. If you choose to make it yourself then there are several people here who are willing to help you. A third option would be to use a CMS (content management system) - there are several of such ones available free of charge. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppproperty Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 It is my intention to purchase a script are you sugesting that i upload to a different root and then 301 or what Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Well, once you've got a new website the old one will be obsolete. Just replace it. Perhaps store a backup of the old one somewhere if you wish so. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppproperty Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 But if i do that wont i lose a lot of my seo rankings etc or will it see the url as the same and anyway dont i have to run a script on the server before i can realy build anything Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I suppose that some of the content will remain somewhat the same so that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppproperty Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 ok but i still dont understand how do i build my php website on the server without using the url of the website ive already got and then swap them Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Do it in a new folder. E.g. if the URL to your website is http://domain.com then your new website could (temporarily) be at http://domain.com/new. When you have finished your website you could simply move it from /new to /. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppproperty Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 so in the new folder i can recreate my most important urls and then therefore when that website is opened onto the root it should still have the links pointing to evn though they will be php files is that correct Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87112-converting-website-from-html-to-php/#findComment-445628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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