Moving wordpress to main website - errors galore

[LaraMcCulloch]

Alan & Ryan, I'm the Lara referred to in this thread. I'm wondering if either of you can recommend someone who can help me with the transition I need to make - i.e. move ready2spark.com and all applicable posts (currently my blog) to ready2spark.com/blog. My web designer is not comfortable with it and I'd like to ensure it's done correctly. Would you also mind letting me know a range of what something like this would cost?

Thank you in advance.

Lara

[RyanKent]

Unfortunately I don't have any good recommendations for you. I am working on building my first WP site so I can better understand how that popular software works.

I would recommend prior to merging the sites to look at your content from a SEO standpoint to avoid the issues Felicity encountered. Ensure your blog pages will not compete with your website pages for the same keywords.

The person who merges your site most likely will focus on the merger from the technical aspect of ensuring the content is physically located on the same server and redirects are in place. They would not be expected to consider SEO issues unless you specifically requested it.

[AlanBleiweiss]

Lara

two people I trust when it comes to WordPress issues are Andrew NorCross and Joe Hall.

Between them they get all my WordPress work (for my own sites and clients).  Cost is something you'll need to discuss with them.

[LaraMcCulloch]

Thank you, Alan. I will contact both.

[dignan99]

Lara,

Contact the person/company who HOSTS the website.  They should have the knowledge to do this properly with very few negative repurcussions.  That is how I typically move mine if I am working on a dev wordpress site.

Your hosting company should also have a decent backup system, and if the backend is run on Cpanel that would be awesome.

[LaraMcCulloch]

Thanks, dignan99. I'm currently hosting with Bluehost and their customer service is AMAZING. However, they haven't been able to help me with this issue since, as they say, wordpress is unique. That said, I didn't have all of this great information back then so I'll revisit it with them at your suggestion and see if they can help.

Thanks again for the suggestion.