How to move entire site???

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lazywolfy

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My provider just notified us today that they will no longer be offering web hosting as of September 30th (in 5 days!! WTF) so I need to find another provider fast and move my entire site.

Assuming my new provider will have the same version of mysql and php, how would I go about backing up and moving my site over? is it just a matter of ftp'ing the entire site over and repointing my domain name to their server, or do I have to re-install my forum, import my sql databases, blah blah???

How can I move my entire site with little impact to my community? (checklist of things to do would be very helpful).
Thanks
 
Presuming your current site is hosted on a DirectAdmin server, find a new DirectAdmin hosting company and ask them if they'll install a backup for you.

Then make a backup, and send it to them.

Jeff
 
The backup file will give you all of the files you need, however the file structure and maybe compatibility will be an issue. You won't have much of an issue with html but I suspect you will with the mysql.
 
If your new provider doesn't use DirectAdmin then you should make sure you have a local copy of your site and upload it to the new provider following whatever method they offer (ftp?).

You'll also have to set up your email, mysql database(s), any Certificate(s), etc.

And as bclark94 wrote you may have to change some code if your new provider has a different naming scheme for mysql than does DirectAdmin.

With so many good DirectAdmin hosting companies here, why would you ever want to leave our friendly community ;) ?

Jeff
 
With so many good DirectAdmin hosting companies here, why would you ever want to leave our friendly community ;) ?
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True... DA is pretty user-friendly...but the only reason I'm cosidering moving is because my current game/web provider is cancelling all webspace accounts. :mad:

My other gameserver provider offers webspace for only $12.95 (1000mb, 50gb/monthly-transfer) but they use php ver 4.4.7 and mysql 4.1 and they don't use direct admin. Another provider I was looking at (infojunky.net) seems to have the next best prices, but they don't use direct admin either, and I'm not sure what version of PHP/MySQL they use....

Thanks for the webhosting recommendation bclark94 (I got your pm), but the prices are a little high, unless I overlooked something. please let me know.

anyhow, I guess I better make up my mind soon before I lose everything. :eek:

So let me get this straight... if I ftp my entire site to a local directory on my computer, will that include the mysql databases as well? Or do I also have to create a backup in addition to copying all the files locally?

Thanks for all the help.
 
I hope you got moved in time.

To answer for the purpose of the archives, the databases are NOT stored in the public_html tree. The DirectAdmin backup will back them up.

Jeff
 
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I did. I went with a provider I had used before that were really helpful in transferring my site (for free).

I now use cpanel and some things are different, some aren't. I think the filemanager was a little more user-friendly in DA, and simpler yet effective. On the other hand, I can now point my subdomain to a different folder and designate it as a root folder where I couldn't do that before with DA...

Still I think I like DA a little better! Don't need all the bells/whistles that the other cpanels have. :cool:
 
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