Comments on: Steps For Changing Web Hosting Companies

By: AndyN

AndyN — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:44 +0000

Having just transferred a WordPress site between hosts I would add a couple of things to the above (very good) post.

I edited the “Hosts” file on my PC to link the site URL to the new host, this made it easy to work with the new site as all my bookmarks then linked to it. Before I changed the DS records I took the opportunity to update WordPress itself and all the plugins (as I knew I had a full backup) and then throughly tested the new site,

Don’t forget email. You will need to set-up identical email accounts with your new host and monitor the accounts on both hosts during the transition phase – easy if there is a Webmail service.
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By: Marijan Sivric

Marijan Sivric — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:07:30 +0000

Thank you for this! I’m just thinking about changing my web host! I hope I won’t have any problems doing this!

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By: Michale Wayne

Michale Wayne — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:31:14 +0000

Great Article. I’m planning to change my host soon. Thank you.

By: Pilar Torres

Pilar Torres — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:54:44 +0000

It is important to have full control over your domain name through a domain name management control panel where you can make dns changes yourself.
So that once you have moved the data accross to your new hosting service you can make the name server changes yourself in real time rather than having to contact and wait for a provider to do it for you.

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Cheap unlimited hosting — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:54:41 +0000

I had to switch web hosts and had a great deal of problems, my former hosts (1 and 1) just did not want to let me leave. The overseas 'technical support' department were next to useless as they were 'not authorised' to do many things and there command of the english language left a lot to be desired. But good post, thanks. .-= Cheap unlimited hosting´s last blog ..Cheap Unlimited Hosting =-.