Changing a blog url from subdomain to subfolder

[danielpett]

I am abou to change my company blog from a subdomain (blog.mydomain.com) to a subfolder (mydomain.com/blog), from suggestions from this awesome community!

Not only that though, because the current blog is on another server than the main site I have to move my blog between servers as well.

This will be a big hassle for me, and means a big risk for errors as I don't have a clue what I am doing on the development part. Hint: I'm no developer.

My blog is fairly new, having posted 18 blog posts so far. There is no major linking to or from the blog as it has been basically no activity on the blog.

It has been fairly good optimized for SEO, with custom plugin settings for Wordpress SEO plugin and similar. Also followed advice from Rand regarding wordpress SEO.

So I guess my question is:

Would it be a big loss for me to just start over with a new blog on the subfolder domain? And move content over from the old blog manually (and then deleting the old one).

Or would It be plain stupid taking that route?

Thankfull for all help I can get!

[R2iSEO]

It's fairly easy to move WordPress from one server to another. Is that your main concern?

[danielpett]

Yes, exactly. Moving it, including everything from plugins to blog posts - and without a lot of errors such as links to the old domain.

Would you suggest I find out how to do it rather than taking the route I described in the question? Do you have any guide that you suggest I follow?

Thanks

[ChrisHolgate]

There are quite a few easy to follow guides on how to move a Wordpress installation online; one such example is http://blog.triphp.com/how-to/how-to-move-wordpress-to-a-new-server-or-host.html

Once done then just 301 redirect all old pages from the subdomain to the new subfolder.

We recently moved a Wordpress installation from a subdomain to a subfolder (albeit it was on the same server) and it went without a hitch - typically speaking, Wordpress is a simple beast to move.

[R2iSEO]

If you are not technically inclined and have nobody that could handle the WP move for you, then your route makes sense since you are only 18 posts in.

As for moving WP, there are actually only 2 parts to it. The website files (aka your root directory) and the database. Once those have been moved, everything else (plugins, settings, etc.) will fall into place.

After that, the only thing left are the redirects from blog.mydomain.com to mydomain.com, which is accomplished with a rule in .htaccess file.

[danielpett]

Cool! Thanks Chris, I am following the guide you linked. Looks like I will be able to manage the move.

I will have you personally responsible if things get messed up

[ChrisHolgate]

Ha!  Not a problem; I've been held responsible for worse.

Good luck.  Like I say, moving from a subdomain to a subfolder for us went like a breeze although admittedly it wasn't across two servers.  If you have any issues give us a shout