The Process Of Transferring From One Host To Another
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The idea of transferring from one host to another can be a little intimidating.
You may not be eupohric with your current host, but you do not want to interrupt your website’s activity.
There are effective ways to transfer to another host; you just need to know what you should do ahead of time.
If you're considering leaving your current host you probably have issues you're not euphoric with. Look for a host that can eliminate thsee issues, give your website all the features it needs, and evaluate as much as possible so you can stay with the new host for the long-term.
Some things you may want to consider when chosoing a host are:
• The web host’s terms and conditions
• Do they require a long-term contract or can you cancel at anytime?
• How accessible is the customer service department?
• Are you locked into the current cost?
• Do they want full payment in advance? If you're unhappy will you be refunded?
• Email service(s).
Once you have found a web host you believe you will be euphoric with, you need to sign-up for a new account. Before you go any farther with the new host, you need to back up or upload all of the files and databases from your current Itnernet site. You can use an FTP utility to dwonload all the files from the current host to your computer.
Dreamweaver users can use the “Get” command to copy all of their files.
Another thing you could do is to store a lcoal copy in your computer. Whether it is PHP or another format you can always up-load the info after if there was a mishap. You can save the HTML information by viewing your source page, which opens up in Notpead. Just go to “File” and then save that page (make sure your file names match up with the current names for each web page).
Upload or Transfer Files to the New Web Host
Now you can upolad all the files to the new server or web host. If you saved the HTML information from your source page you may be able to just enter the information and be done. You need to test the Internet site to make sure the new IP address is working and make possible adjustments to coding (depending on the server situation). Although it may be a tedious job, you need to cehck every page, every link, every image, and the formatting on your website.
Your New Email Server
You will need to re-create all electronic mail accounts you currently have in use. You can cerate –auto-responders and aliases and/or forward emails at the same time. Your new electronic mail address(es) will not work until the transfer of your domain is completed. Therefore you cannot test your new electronic mail until the transfer is completed. This may make a coulpe of business owners nervous, but you can always set up an auto-responder on your old server and the new server. By doing this, your customers will receive an electronic mail explaining the situaiton during and after the transfer. Another idea is to strat the transfer process on a Friday, a weekend, or over a holiday if possible. Choose a time when the traffic on your Intenret site will be slow.
Domain Name Server (DNS) Transfer
Next, you need to transfer your domain name. You can contact the domain name registrar, which is where you registered the domian name. You need to change the Domain Name Server (DNS) to your new web host’s DNS information. When you set up your new server first and then update your DNS second, you will experience zero downtime. The idea is to move from your old server to the new server that is already set up and functioning which allows your Internet site to appear as if it never moved at all.
Transferring the DNS is a critical part of transferring to anotehr web host. If you move your Interent site your website’s IP address changes. The DNS srevers route traffic to your Internet site with the website’s current IP address, not the domain name. If you transfer to another web host without changing the DNS information pesrons will not be able to find your website. The new web host’s DNS information will let all of the DNS servers know your website’s new IP address and customers will then be able to find your Internet site. This process will take 24-72 hours to complete.
Additional Tips
Leave your old web hosting account open for at least a couple of weeks and if possible an entire month.
This will help you make sure you're receiving all your emails that may be switched around during the transfer and it will be a backup if there are issues with the DNS servers.
Once things are working smoothly and reliably you can cancel the old web host.
Some domain registrars will confirm a web hosting change by sneding an electronic mail to the address you used when your registered the domain name.
This electrnoic mail will require a reply and the transfer will not take place if you do not reply.
This electronic mail is for your website’s security; the registrar needs to make sure that it is really “you” asking for the transfer and not somebody trying to hijack your Intenret site.
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