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- | ====== Hosting Transfer ====== | ||
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- | BCA have made the decision to move away from [[http:// | ||
- | * **Service** Fasthosts had a good reputation when we signed up with them, but the level of service we have experienced on occasions has been very poor. | ||
- | * **Control** We have very little control over the server and rely on Fasthosts to make the changes we request. Frequently they wouldn' | ||
- | * **Features** Memset' | ||
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- | Domain Registration will remain with Fasthosts, it is the email and web hosting that is moving. We have had no problems with Fasthosts as a registrar. It is amongst the cheapest for domain registrations and is considerably cheaper than Memset. | ||
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- | **NOTE** | ||
- | * We no longer offer unlimited space. This is the flip-side to offering more features in the basic package. See [[Pricing]] | ||
- | * The new server is Linux only, there is no option for a Windows server. | ||
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- | ==== Transfer Process ==== | ||
- | The steps are: | ||
- | - **Take a backup of the existing website.** | ||
- | - Browse to the control panel (cPanel) of the new server. | ||
- | - Create the email accounts and forwarders as they are on the old server. | ||
- | - Create a database if you had one previously. | ||
- | - Backup the database from the old server and restore to the new server. | ||
- | - Connect to the new server with FTP | ||
- | - Copy all of the web files from the old server to the new server. | ||
- | - Browse to the website on the new server and check it thoroughly. | ||
- | - The new server is case-sensitive. Are all the directories, | ||
- | - The new server observes permissions. Are the directory and file permissions correct? | ||
- | - Can the database be accessed? Make sure you are accessing the new database and not the old. | ||
- | - Check software generated emails are still sent. | ||
- | - Once all the checks are done the name servers (DNS) will be updated to make the new website live. | ||
- | - Updates to the old site should be prevented. So Forums and similar should be disabled. | ||
- | - It can take up to 72 hours for the DNS changes to propagate around the world. In that time a user might arrive at either the new or the old site. | ||
- | - After 72 hours check the new site again. If all is OK the old site will be removed from Fasthosts. | ||
- | - This will **irrevocably delete** all the files on the old site. | ||
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- | We will be able to do many of these steps for you. Basically unless you request otherwise, we will do all the steps except steps 1 and 4. I.e you need to make sure you have your own backup and you need to double check that it all works.\\ | ||
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- | ==== Connecting to the New Server ==== | ||
- | === Before the DNS Update === | ||
- | Before the DNS is updated your domain name will point to the old website, so the following must be used instead. | ||
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- | **cPanel** | ||
- | * Browse to [[http:// | ||
- | * The Control Panel allows you to manage many aspects of your email and web hosting. | ||
- | * A guide to the cPanel is [[http:// | ||
- | ** FTP ** | ||
- | * The host is **britiac2.miniserver.com**. Use the same // | ||
- | * **NOTE** your website files belong in the **/www** directory (which is linked to, same as the **/ | ||
- | **Website** | ||
- | * Browse to **britiac2.miniserver.com/ | ||
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- | === After the DNS Update === | ||
- | Once the DNS is updated your domain name will point to the new website, so the following will now work. | ||
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- | **cPanel** | ||
- | * Browse to **// | ||
- | ** FTP** | ||
- | * The host is **// | ||
- | **Website** | ||
- | * Browse to **// | ||
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