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How to make the shift from one host to another
By admin | February 19, 2008
Most webmasters have had some sort of bad experience with their hosts. Very often you find that a host doesn’t fulfill your needs anymore or they have over priced you. So when you finally find one that suits your needs, you have to make the big move from your old host to your new one. This is how you can make sure your move to the new server is a smooth one:
When you set up an account with the new hosting company tell them that you don’t want the domain name transferred until you tell them so. Replicate your current directory on your new server after you have logged into it and upload everything there but your CGI/PERL scripts. If the PERL is different on the new server you’ll have to edit the scripts manually so that they change before uploading them.
Now it is time to do some testing. To make sure that the upload went well and that everything is working after the domain name transfer takes place test a few key pages. You will have to enter the URLs of the pages yourself. This you can do by replacing the IP address with what your hosting company assigned you and the HTML file names with the actual names of the files on your server.
Once you’re sure that everything is working properly, tell your hosting company to transfer the domain name. Once the transfer is done you may have to wait up to 2 weeks for the DNS servers all over the world to be updated.
While you’re waiting you’ll have to check both your e-mail accounts. After around two weeks, cancel your account with the previous hosting company.
If you’ve followed all the steps correctly you shouldn’t have had too much problem making the shift. Have fun.
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