Change from html to geodirectory site

Now that version 2 is out of beta we are going to convert our static site to geodirectory.

What is the best practice for setting up a staging site ? We have a vps account. I checked with our host and they recommended that we do a subdomain rather than subdirectory.

url is usmenuguide.com Here is their response

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Actually, I’d recommend a *subdomain* not a subdirectory.

Something like monasfun.usmenuguide.com or whatever you prefer.

It’s easier to update URLs if they only involve a domain instead of a subfolder. You’re going to need to do that when you go live.

And then when you’re ready to go live, all you’d need to do is rename the existing public_html directory to public_html.old (or whatever) and the rename the docroot of the subdomain to public_html. And, of course, update any URLs in the database (that’s usually the siteurl and home fields in the wp_options table and you can do that in phpMyAdmin).

If that sounds like a plan and you’d like me to set up WordPress in monasfun.usmenuguide.com then let me know what admin username you’d like to use. You should never use “admin” as the WordPress admin user since it’s obviously too easy to guess.