aybe you are one of those rights to your domain name.
home business owners who You'll need to change this so
did everything right the that it points to a different
first time. One of the more hosting provider. If you do not
important choices handled have rights to this, you've hit a
initially is the task of choosing show-stopper in the move or at
where to host your business the very least a big bump in the
website. Maybe you did not choose road.
where, but it was setup as part
of an affiliate program you 2 - You will need a copy of all
joined. files in your website. Hopefully
you have been making backup
However your initial business copies all along, so this is not
website was first setup, an issue. If not, you'll need to
eventually many online business download everything using Ftp.
owners are faced with the task of
moving their website to another 3 - Keep a record of all
hosting provider. It can almost third-party or add-on software
be a little like having your products you installed on your
business finances audited. If you site. Especially important will
are prepared in advance, there is be any licensing requirements and
nothing to it. If not, it could configuration instructions. As
be painful... time goes by, we forget how this
software was originally installed
For those who have not been so having a record helps refresh
through a move before, what your mind when the time comes to
exactly is involved with the install it again.
move?
Examples of additional software
1 - Make sure you own or have could include reciprocal link
management, article management or
link tracking. Simply copying the For example, I recently had to
software will be sufficient in switch one of my sites and
most cases, but there may be thought I had confirmed
special configuration required everything only to learn later
that could keep it from working that PHP is not necessarily the
correctly if you can't remember same PHP for all providers, even
what needs to be changed. though the version was the same.
I learned there is something
4 - Along with your additional called PHPSUEXEC which some
applications is the SQL providers are using instead. It
database(s) you may have created. basically works the same as
You will need to make copies of regular PHP, but is more secure.
both the database definitions, The result however, is that
including tables, and also the installing your software may
data itself. There are database require different permissions or
management tools available, other adjustments to your files
usually as part of the hosting on the server. Fortunately I
package, which make this easy to found this out during testing and
do, but you'll need to understand was able to correct any issues.
how to use them or find someone
who does. 6 - When making changes to your
site, try to keep from coding
5 - Make sure your new provider your domain name directly into
has the same server operating your html pages or scripts as
system and programming languages part of links to images or other
you use. This probably seems very pages in your site. This can
basic: Linux versus Windows or usually be accommodated by using
PHP versus ASP. Make sure the relative directory names in html
versions are the same also. or by using variables in your
scripts. your old site making it more
difficult to test the new.
One good reason for doing this is
that after your new hosting 7 - Give yourself time for the
provider sets up your new site, transfer before changing your
they will send you an email domain to point to the new
message with either an "IP service and turning off the old
address" or a combination of "IP host. Get everything setup on the
address plus your username". This new host first and try to test as
is what you will use to reach much as possible. This will keep
your new site during the you from seeing critical errors
transition time until you change when the new site finally goes
your domain to point to the new live. Your website is the
service. While testing your new lifeblood of your work at home
site during this time, links business - the last thing you
which have your domain name need is extended down time.
hard-coded will revert back to
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