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
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.
