Transition from one web hosting provider to another can cause the idle time if you do not have necessary skills and experience. Here is step by step, to help you to make transfer without idle time.
Step 1: reserve copying of all files.
It always should be your first step. Before to do something else, reserve copying of all files from an old server. Create a backup copy of text files, files of images, and databases. It can occupy some hours, depending on the sizes of your site.
Use FTP for carrying over of all files on a local hard disk. For databases, you can be necessary to use the software foreign, or you can use PhpMyAdmin. PhpMyAdmin is given only within your control panel Cpanel.
Step 2: Load all files on a new server.
After all of you backup copies, load all files on a new server. Be convinced that the structure of catalogues is correct. For example, if “WWW” is the root catalogue, all files which belong to a root folder have to be loaded correctly by this folder. Otherwise you can face with set of errors at transition of your site. Use the software database for database loading.
Step 3: Add mail boxes on a new server.
Enter the control panel, and also add the existing post accounts. When your new site will be ready, accounts of e-mail POP should work also.
Step 4: Check up a mirror of your site.
You have just created a mirror of a site for your existing site. Use temporary URL; check up a site guaranteeing that all works correctly. Are there references and pictures which will be correctly displayed? If all has been checked up for work penalty now has come it is time to make changes in DNS.
Step 5: Change DNS.
The moment when you change DNS, you charge to the registrar that you change hosting-providers. Your name of the domain of top level will be noted on servers of domain names. Pass on the registrar, and also update DNS-servers. There should be not less than 2 servers of domain names. After DNS has been updated, it occupies some hours that these changes occur.
Some web masters make a mistake, having changed the first DNS. It is an error. When you change DNS, the site starts to migrate. Your user access can be unable to get your site as the new site is not ready yet. Differently, it will make changes in DNS before new site is ready, can cause undesirable idle times.
Step 6: Wait 48 hours so that these changes occur.
As a rule, migration occurs within several hours. You can see that transfer has been finished by means of domain tool WHOIS. New servers’ name will be reflected, when you do search of your domain top level. At last, be convinced that your post accounts work correctly.
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