Softaculous

Topic : Help for a tech idiot - How do I change my domain?

Posted By: martin660 on June 14, 2016, 4:12 pm

Hey guys!

Basically, I run a website for my band and I previously used a joomla installation (although inside a wordpress installation which is weird), but we were facing all kinds of security issues due to outdated plugins and stuff.

I've made a brand new site using a new wordpress installation, but using a subdomain on my existing domain- which is currently test.example.com

Both installations appear in a list when I click "Wordpress" in softaculous. Basically I want the test.example.com website to be the actual website and come under the main domain instead of the test domain.

What I'm trying to figure out is how I get the new site/installation to transfer over to my main domain of example.com so that I can delete the old installation etc now that the new site is ready to become the actual site and not a test site anymore.

Cheers!

Posted By: nikhil89 on June 15, 2016, 11:34 am | Post: 1

Hi,

You can use the clone feature of Softaculous to make your new site as the actual site. You can refer to our guide here for using clone:
http://softaculous.com/docs/Clone

Before doing the above, I suggest you 1st take a backup of your old site and remove the existing installation on your main domain, then make a clone of your installation of your sub domain.

Please let us know if you need any further information. We will be happy to help you.