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How to switch
hosts without having any
downtime!
Switching to a
new host can be a very smooth process or
it can be very complicated. Following our
steps will ensure that your move is a
painless one.
- The first
step is to find the new host you want
to be with and join them. Make sure not
to cancel with your old hosting
provider, and do not tell them you will
be cancelling. For the time being you
switching host needs to be kept a
secret from them, or they could
terminate your site early and cause
downtime.
- At this point
you should have hosting accounts with
two hosting providers, the old and the
new one. You will now upload your
entire site from the old host to the
new one. This can be done by connecting
to their ftp and downloading all your
files. Then connecting to the new hosts
ftp and uploading all your files.
- Next, create
identical pop email accounts with your
new host, to prevent email loss.
- After you
have all your files on both hosting
accounts you will change your domain
names dns. Your new host should have
provided you with their domain name
servers (dns). If they haven't, contact
them to find out what dns you should
use for your domain name.
Dns usually looks like this:
ns1.thehostsnames.com
ns2.thehostsnames.com
Once you know what dns to use on your
domain name you will go to wherever you
purchased the domain name from to make
these changes. If you purchased your
domain name from your host you usually
will need to ask them to make the dns
changes for you. You will tell them
this.... "Hello my domain with you is
____ my username is ___ and my password
_____ please change my domain names dns
to ns1.thednsyoureceived.com and
ns2.thednsyoureceived.com
If you have any questions we would be
more then happy to help you, or even
make the dns changes for you.
- Once your dns
changes have been made you will need to
wait up to two days before your site
will load off the new host. During this
two day period your dns is propagating
world wide, and your site will be
bouncing from the old host to the new
host every other minute randomly. Once
the two days is up your site will only
be loading off the new host.
- 48 hours
should have passed now since you have
updated your dns. If it has, you can
now contact your host you were moving
from and cancel your account with
them.
If you completed
all the above steps you will have
successfully switched host, with no
downtime at all!
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