Question about moving to new host and domain

andy_mk3 · 13 Jan 2016 at 00:23

Hi, just trying to get my head round this bit. I currently have a vbulletin forum on Host A, with Domain1.com. I have Host B with Domain2.com all set up ready to transfer over.

I want a seamless as possible transfer to minimise forum downtime. I want Domain1.com to continue to point to the forums, as it currently is. I'm not worried about Domain2.com, it came free with the host.

So how do I set that up on Host B? I will obviously need to point the nameservers to Host B, but does that domain go on as an Addon Domain?

I hope that makes sense lol.

andy_mk3 · 13 Jan 2016 at 10:14

Thank you for your reply that's very helpful.

I am keeping the original domain, DomainB is just the main domain on HostB, but I don't need to use that.

I guess if I close the forums on HostA, with a message to say they are still viewing the old server, and to keep trying until they end up on the new host.

andy_mk3 · 13 Jan 2016 at 13:23

That makes sense to me yes, excellent!

Yes that's the plan. Priority is pointing domainA to hostB for now, can transfer the domain itself at a later date.

And yes it is cPanel. If I redirect domainA to domainB, will that not show as domainB once redirected? As I don't really want to use domainB at all if that makes sense! I think the addon domain is the best option.

Edit: I can't change the TTL on my domain, but it's apparently set to 1 hour by default, so not too bad really.

andy_mk3 · 13 Jan 2016 at 20:00

Thanks for all your help

It's all going ahead tomorrow night.

andy_mk3 · 14 Jan 2016 at 22:20

All has gone very smoothly, only minor issue currently is www.domainA.com and domainA.com means that cookies aren't being used on both with vbulletin.

I have just changed a DNS record for www. from a CNAME to A and the IP address, how it was set up with the previous host, so I am hoping that will sort it.

Edit: Fixed that with .htacess