Thread: changing from BV to Soho

I've decided to completely redo my BV website in Soho but it will take quite some time to do this. Can my BV site stay on line while I build the new Soho version? Can i publish what I have done in Soho and link the two sites?

Yes, you can do both. But, in order to do this, Soho must be installed in a subdomain.

It will not be possible, after you have finished, to move the Soho site in your public_html folder.

So I suggest the following:

1. Create a folder, and move there (or republish in there) ALL your BV pages. Let's call this folder "main".

2. Create an "index.html" page that will simply redirect to this "main" folder.
3. Delete all files from "public_html" exept this "index.html".
4. Install Soho in the main root (public_html). This is simply done by choosing to install Soho in the main domain.
5. Create your site with Soho. It will NOT be visible directly because you have the "index.html" page that redirects to the old site (now hosted in the "main" folder)

When done with Soho, you can delete this "index.html" file from the server. and your Soho site will go live.

Thanks! that seem pretty straightforward.
Will soho run on a Mac computer? I know BV doesn't.

Hi Navaldesign

We are working on this same project. We have spent the entire day trying to figure this out...lol...
can you further explain
step 1... where do we create the "main" folder for the BV pages? are you referring to the BV pages we make changes to that are on our personal computer or the pages that have been published to our server?

number 2... do we redirect to an internal webpage? we did this and it redirected but it spazzed out and tried to load the page over and over and over..etc.. how do we avoid that?

number 3... if we delete all our public html files from our server how does our original bv site show up while we recreate the new soho site?

i may have other questions but this is all i can think of now...
thank you so much!

1. The "main" folder should be created in "public_html".
2. The pages should be the ones that you are currently using, that is, the ones you have published in your site. This, because you will need to move these files (pages) in this folder in order to keep the site alive for the time period required to build the new site in Soho.
3. This is what I explained in point 2 above: you move the BV files in "main" and create an "index.html" page with a redirect that sends them in the "main" folder.

Of course, ALL your menus and links will need to be edited to take into account the fact that the files are not anymore in "public_html" but in "main". So your links will need to be transformed.

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Naval
thanks again, but I still need to know if soho will work on a Mac as well as a PC

Yes, it does, because Soho doesn't work on your computer, it works on the server, and you make all administration and building tasks through your browser.

Thank you! I'm about to buy a laptop and may end up with a Mac.

Hey there... ok i've created the main folder in public_html.. do only move the bv pages, that are now .html or .php pages, or do i move all the other files in the public_html folder.. ie. .jpg, .wmv, .wma, subdomains?

Not sure what you mean by "subdomains". Do you actually mean subdomains, or subfolders ? (they are different things)

For your pages to work properly, you need to move everything in the "main" folder, with respect to the eventual subfolders structure. In other words, you should be able to see, when browsing the "main" folder, the same things that you see now in public_html.

Not only, but, if you have used absolute links in your menus (like http://www.yourdomain.com/pagename.html you will need to change them to http://www.yourdomain.com/main/pagename.html

Might be easier if you just re-published your BV pages, directly in public_html/main . If any files like PDFs, wma, mp3 etc were uploaded and linked from within , you will also need to update the links for them.

Thats a good idea, we are going to republish them directly!

could you explain "If any files like PDFs, wma, mp3 etc were uploaded and linked from within , you will also need to update the links for them." this a bit more? I believe that all of our content is on the vodahost server??

I mean that if, in example, you had a PDF download, linked as http://www.yourdomain.com/filename.pdf you will need to change it to http://www.yourdomain.com/main/filename.pdf

I have posted the same question about my MACBOOK being compatible with Soholaunch, and received conflicting responses. I assumed that being an online tool vs. downloadable program, that Soholaunch would be the answer for me as a converted macbook user. I saw conflicting information in the Soho users manual, so I contacted the support desk for the 2nd time, and the final response I got was:
"You would need a PC emulator program to use soholaunch on your Mac.
Thank you,
Hank"

I have parallels for macbook and of course I knew I could run it through there but didn't want to since it can be quirky at times and I'd have to convert the file paths of all my photos. I love my macbook and will try to work it through the parallels PC emulator for the remainder of my commitment...unless the company creates a macbook compatible program.

Incorrect.

As well said, Soho is browser based, it will work through any system, windows or Mac or linux OS based.

ok so all the file directories will need to contain the /main/ addition to it... ok thx!
We will be working on this all next week so there may be more questions to follow..
btw.. do you know of any websites that currently use soho that we could visit and see how they look?

Haven't checked in a while and see that Navaldesign has now confirmed what I initially assumed. Thanks! But it really troubles me that the Vodahost paid professionals can't get their answers straight! I think one was referring to Soholaunch and one was referring to Soholaunch Pro edition. I posted the question to confirm if there was indeed a difference between the two but no one answered me on the forum. But one would hope the Vodahost pro's would certainly know. Thank you Navaldesign.

ok so somehow it didnt go well... all the pages showed up in the main folder but after deleting them from the public_html folder they were gone. Now i have published two new pages into the main folder but when i visit the site it is not working. HELP
www.lifepartnerschristianministries.com

http://www.lifepartnerschristianministries.com/main/

Images don't appear. Did you publish "All Files" ?


The site doesn't work because you have set a redirect to "public_html/main/index.html" instead of the correct "main/index.html"

dude i love you and will gladly have your babies....lolololol... not really i'm married and dont want children but its the thought that counts right??? =)

i had tried to ask someonce wheather soholaunch support chinese character or nor,pls someonce aspert to tell,ha

Well I was going to start a new thread on this but found this so I will just add to it!

I want to massively expand my site to include every product in their catalog. Am I correct that I can download their Excel product files right into Soholaunch and populate the pages like that? That would be much faster than building page by page in BV right? If I could it easier than I would rather do that.

I may need help in the transition stages as listed above but need this question answered first of all! If I still have to build page by page, there is not much sense to switching over really.

Thanks Navaldesign...
It all works fine when you know what you are doing ! If you follow the above instructions... it works.
Thank you
Louise
www.rocksrevealed.com