Transferring Domain and Hosting

benjo

benjo

benjo

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My current website is hosted with purplecloud, and it's domain is registered with them too. It's taking quite a big hit in bandwidth, and i'm looking to move the domain and hosting to Vidahost as it's cheaper.

Has anyone ever transferred a domain before? Is there any down time on the site? Also, my site is run via Joomla, is it easy to transfer the databases across too?

Thanks.
 
You should have minimal/no downtime, for the website .. as for transferring a domain name I'm not quite sure. Phone them up - best idea.

Joomla should be straightforward to migrate to a new host. It'll be something like .. download current database, download files, upload files to new host, make new database with same name, import MySQL, and then adjust your config files if necessary.
 
Yeah can be seamless.

I'd suggest transfer the domain first to a 3rd party. This will keep your account separate, and easy to change DNS records.

1. Transfer domain.
2. Once transferred, sign up for new hosting.
3. Setup domain and upload all files to new hosting.
4. Export MySQL from old hosting, import to database on new hosting.
5. Change connection script on old hosting to connect to new hosting database. Setup email accounts.
6. Change DNS records - point www & mail to new hosting IP's.
7. Update nameservers.
8. Wait 48 hours, check site, then cancel old hosting.
 
Hi,

Thanks for the replies, but i'm having some trouble exporting and importing the database!

This is exporting:
exportdn1.jpg


This is importing, with the error message:

importly9.jpg

import2ai7.jpg


I'm not really sure what's going on? I've transferred all the files from my original FTP to my new FTP host, so all that's left is just the database behind it?
 
If purplecloud use cPanel, we [Vidahost] can transfer everything to our servers automatically via cPanel's backup function - just open a support ticket and we'll sort you out :)
 
Unfortunatly, purplecloud us Plesk

And i didnt know you were part of Vidahost :)

edit: I'll open a ticket anyway, as i'm not really sure what i'm doing :p
 
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Doh :(

To answer ^ about the import - first of all ensure you've created a database in cPanel, setup a MySQL user and given it access privileges for the database. Then in phpmyadmin you'll need to select that database and use the import tab from there, so the server knows which database to put the data in. Feel free to upload the .sql backup and ask us to do all this :)

Edit: I named Vidahost, it's my creation hehe. I always give extra points to people who pronounce it right and then know the meaning :D
 
Ok, got a little further.

My old database on purplecloud contained an underscore in it's name. I tried to make the database on vidahost cpanel, but underscores werent allowed. So i've made the database with a different name to the original.

Imported all the content for the database, but my purplecloud installation of joomla is using the old database name... hmmm

edit: Not a problem now, changed the database name in the configuration.php
 
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Ok, all up and running. Just joomla cant find the database. http://91.198.165.131/~reviewag/

I've looked in the configuration.php for joomla;

$mosConfig_db = 'reviewag_joomla';

And that's exactly what cPanel is reporting the database to be called.

Have i missed something?
 
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