Transfer your website to us

Here are the steps you need to take:

1. Make a complete copy of your website.
Use your favorite FTP utility (I use WS_FTP), to download all files to your computer from your current web host. Don’t assume you already have all the files on your computer – you may have added some scripts and images from the Internet that are on your server but not on your computer.

If you are using Dreamweaver, use the GET command to copy all your files.

If you are using Frontpage, use the import feature to make a complete copy of your web site.

 

2. Transfer your domain name.
Contact the domain name registrar (place where you registered
your domain name) and change the Domain Name Server (DNS)
or Name Server information to Web Host Internet's DNS information.

ns1.webhostinternet.co.uk
ns2.webhostinternet.co.uk

Your site is going to experience a downtime while your DNS
record is being changed and propagated through the world's WHOIS
servers. It will take about 24-72 hours for the process to be
completed.

Maintain any existing services set up on your domain name
such as email forwarding, web pointing and website hosting until
the transfer is complete to ensure continuity of your service.

You can check the progress of your domain name transfer by using
a Domain Name Search facility such as www.checkdomain.com.
You should see the details change from your previous Host to Web Host Internet when the transfer is complete.

3. Upload all files.
When you are sure your domain name has been transferred, upload
the files to our server.

Dreamweaver – define your site first, and then use the PUT
command to transfer all your files and html pages. This will
ensure that your whole web will remain intact with the transfer.

FrontPage – create a new Web from the site files you have
imported from your old host, then publish them to our server.
Make sure you have enabled Front Page extensions from within your control panel.
This process will transfer your complete website to over to our server.

 

4. Amending your website.
Sometimes your website may not look exactly the same as on
your last Web Host. This is because the html code and/or files
did not completely transfer, please try uploading the files again if this happens. This may happen more often with
the editors. FrontPage will do this more because it uses FrontPage
extensions for publishing (extra files for easy publishing).

 

5. Testing your website.
Once the domain name and your website files have been transferred to us,
you should test that all services are working
(i.e. email services, etc). If it’s working correctly, go ahead and cancel
all your remaining services with your previous hosting service.

Transferring your website to Web Host Internet doesn’t have to be such
a daunting task, now you know the exact steps to take!

 

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