How to switch hosts without having any down time
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.1.
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 canceling. 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.
2.
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. If you choose to make us your new host we will transfer your
entire site over free of charge!
3.
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 the 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.
4.
Once your dns changes have been made you will need to wait two
days before your site will load off the new host. During this two day period
your dns is prorogating 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.
5.
48 hours should have passed now since you have updated your dns.
If it has you will now contact your host you were moving from and cancel your
account with them.
If you
completed all the above steps you have successfully switched hosts, with no
downtime at all!
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