https://dan.doezema.com/tags/domain/Recent content in Domain on Daniel Doezema's BlogHugoen-US&copy; 2024 Daniel DoezemaWed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://dan.doezema.com/2014/11/wordpress-domain-changer-2.0/Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://dan.doezema.com/2014/11/wordpress-domain-changer-2.0/<p>Announcing the next release of <em>WordPress Domain Changer</em> &ndash; version 2.0!</p> <p>This release marks the completion of a total rewrite that brings an updated user interface, improved stability, fine-grained control, improved testing, and a few bug fixes.</p> <h2 id="redesigned-ui--workflow" class="relative group">Redesigned UI &amp; Workflow <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100"><a class="group-hover:text-primary-300 dark:group-hover:text-neutral-700" style="text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="#redesigned-ui--workflow" aria-label="Anchor">#</a></span></h2><table> <tr> <td><a href="https://dan.doezema.com/images/75/wpdc2_6_end.png" rel="lightbox-ui" title="Change Complete Page"> <img src="https://dan.doezema.com/images/75/wpdc2_6_end.png" border="0" /> </a></td> <td><a href="https://dan.doezema.com/images/75/wpdc2_1_login.png" rel="lightbox-ui" title="Login Page"> <img src="https://dan.doezema.com/images/75/wpdc2_1_login.png" border="0" /> </a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="https://dan.doezema.com/images/75/wpdc2_4_find_and_replace.png" rel="lightbox-ui" title="Find &amp; Replace Page"> <img src="https://dan.doezema.com/images/75/wpdc2_4_find_and_replace.png" border="0" /> </a></td> </tr> </table> <h2 id="precise-control" class="relative group">Precise Control <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100"><a class="group-hover:text-primary-300 dark:group-hover:text-neutral-700" style="text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="#precise-control" aria-label="Anchor">#</a></span></h2><p>The ability to specify database tables has <strong>finally</strong> arrived!</p>https://dan.doezema.com/2010/04/wordpress-domain-change/Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000https://dan.doezema.com/2010/04/wordpress-domain-change/<p><strong>Notice: A major release has been issued since this post &ndash; <a href="https://dan.doezema.com/2014/11/wordpress-domain-changer-2.0">Version 2.0</a></strong></p> <p>Changing the domain name or URL of a WordPress site can be a very frustrating and time consuming task.</p> <p>I usually have three development environments that I&rsquo;m constantly switching between and all of them have completely different domain names.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Server</th> <th>URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Local</td> <td>http://localhost:8888/<strong>myProject</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Preview</td> <td>http://<strong>myProject</strong>.mysite.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Production</td> <td>http://www.<strong>myProject</strong>.com</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> <figure><img src="https://dan.doezema.com/images/wpdc_screenshot.png" alt="WordPress Domain Changer Screenshot" class="mx-auto my-0 rounded-md" /> </figure> </p> <p>Fed up with all the steps needed to change the domain I decided it would be worth my time to build a script that could streamline the entire migration process. The first revision of this script was dirty and insecure (to say the least) but it significantly reduced the amount of time spent moving sites between servers and changing their domains.</p>