change of hosts

[tosh]

What are the tips of moving from one host to another host?

[reseller-hosting]

Don't close your old hosting account so that your frequent visitors can still access your website. Besides, you can still receive incoming emails until the moving process completely finished.

[wipr]

Make sure you have backed up all of your files (and directories) correctly.

[reseller-hosting]

Write down the important information about your old hosting account (e.g. billing history) in case you need it as reference in the future.

[saganaka]

After making payment, normally they will send an email to you that contains your login information (username and password), your temporary URL and their DNS information. Just keep it.

[wipr]

Login to your new Control Panel.

[japworld]

Upload the files to the root directory (e.g. public_html) of the new hosting server. Once again, use a FTP software such as WS-FTP to do it. Before you do it, don't forget to setup the software with your new host name (e.g. ftp.yourdomain.com), username and password. Don't forget also to transfer the files correctly (ASCII/binary).

[simonsays]

Through web browser, visit your website with the temporary URL. Notice whether all files have been uploaded properly and all links work.

[japworld]

Ask the old hosting provider to change the DNS of your domain name. Tell them the DNS information of your new hosting provider.

[Rocks]

Close the old hosting account after logging on to your new domain.