Wanted to shift a blog from sub domain to sub directory but...
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Ok, I have a client who has their blog up and running on blog.website.com and they are planning to shift the blog to sub-directory www.websire.com/blog.
The only problem is that the blog and website are hosted on two different servers so is there any way we can shift the blog to sub directory without shifting the blog to the similar server?
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Hey Moosa
Not really. There may be a nasty redirection workaround you could implement but a DNS A record can really only point to a domain / sub domain and not to a sub folder.
To do this the two elements need to be housed on the same server and then you need to redirect all the blog URLs to the new location. You should be able to do this with a fairly simple catch all redirection rule.
What is the blog software & hosting? Wordpress? It's fairly simple to migrate WordPress in most cases and I have some solid migration scripts for updating the DB if that is of use to you?
So, some pain to get this working but certainly worth the effort.
Hope that helps!
Marcus -
Hi Moosa,
I don't think sub directories can be hosted on different servers. Individual hosting is one of the most critical factors to consider when choosing between a subdomain and a sub directory structure. You will have to bring the blog to the same server as the primary domain.
Let's see what other tech guys have to say on this.
Regards,
Mayank
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