Client Needs a Website

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I got a client who already has a website and wants me to create a new website for him, how do I go about creating him a new website on his hosting without having to take down his current website as he is using it for his business?
 
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Is it WordPress?
If so,
you can find some plugins that allow you to create a 'staging site'. Some themes and builders also have that feature out of the box.

You could always just make the new site on a local server and push the new site files to the live server.
For WordPress local development, the easiest option would probably be Local WP or DevKinsta.
Docker is also something that you might want to take a look at.
 
Is it WordPress?
If so,
you can find some plugins that allow you to create a 'staging site'. Some themes and builders also have that feature out of the box.

You could always just make the new site on a local server and push the new site files to the live server.
For WordPress local development, the easiest option would probably be Local WP or DevKinsta.
Docker is also something that you might want to take a look at.
Yes it's Wordpress. Thanks I take a look at these options.

Is it possible to build the new website on my client's subdomain like for example on new.site.com then backup the site using a tool like updrift then restore it on the main domain site.com?
Is that even possible?
 
Yes it's Wordpress. Thanks I take a look at these options.

Is it possible to build the new website on my client's subdomain like for example on new.site.com then backup the site using a tool like updrift then restore it on the main domain site.com?
Is that even possible?
I don't really see why you would want to do that.

If you're not really a tech person, the easiest solution would probably be to download either DevKinsta or Local WP. Make the new site locally there and move the site with backup plugins like UpDrift.

If your client wants/requires to see the live progress of the development, you could use a plugin that allows you to make a staging site. Those staging sites can then be accessed with the correct URL parameters (E.g. domain.com/staging?correctParameter=secretCode). This eliminates the possibility of unwanted visitors seeing the development site, which would be the case if you made the new site in the subdomain (unless you implement some security measures).
 
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I don't really see why you would want to do that.

If you're not really a tech person, the easiest solution would probably be to download either DevKinsta or Local WP. Make the new site locally there and move the site with backup plugins like UpDrift.

If your client wants/requires to see the live progress of the development, you could use a plugin that allows you to make a staging site. Those staging sites can then be accessed with the correct URL parameters (E.g. domain.com/staging?correctParameter=secretCode). This eliminates the possibility of unwanted visitors seeing the development site, which would be the case if you made the new site in the subdomain (unless you implement some security measures).
Thanks for your help.
 
Download Xampp, you can find a tutorial on Youtube on how to download WordPress Locally, you can do this if you have no hosting yet, then create it locally and download a plugin called All In One Migration to migrate the website into his subdomain after he pays you, but if you do have a hosting everything will be easy for you, just create a website in your subdomain and send a demo, if he does like, migrate it.
 
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