[wp-hackers] Site Address during development

[Alex Hempton-Smith]

This is always an ongoing issue for me. Any tips would be great!

-- Alex


On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Gavin Pearce <Gavin.Pearce at 3seven9.com>wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> This is one of my main gripes with WordPress - having to do a SQL
> find-and-replace between development and live URLs.
>
> I especially hate how the "new" menu feature, for the Home button
> creates a 'custom' link to the hard-coded URL of the current site.
>
> Changing the site URLs in either wp-config.php or in the back-end won't
> update these.
>
> If anyone knows a better way to run a dev and live version of a site,
> with easy database syncing, would be interested to know it also.
>
> Cheers,
> Gav
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> Clark
> Sent: 02 September 2010 13:36
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: [wp-hackers] Site Address during development
>
> Good morning,
>
> I'm developing a site for a client, and they are finally able to
> start adding their info, posts and pages, both with a lot of photos.
> I have the WordPress address (URL) and Site address (URL) (set under
> http://www.example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php ) defined to be
> the temporary subdomain of their domain name. But when they embed
> photos or PDFs into a post or page, the temporary domain name is
> embedded into the post. Once we go live this weekend is there an easy
> way to change those details into the new, permanent domain name? I
> don't want to have to maintain the development URL forever.
>
> Actually, it seems silly to embed the domain name into the posts and
> pages at all. It's adding a bit to the page, plus possible delaying
> the loading of pages by fractions of a second as the page requests
> have to hit DNS. Shouldn't everything embedded be relative to the
> root directory of WordPress? Thanks, Mike
>
>
>
> --
>
> Michael Clark
> http://www.PlanetMike.com
>
> "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
>  - Martin Luther King Jr.
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