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Changing web hosts can be a scary and intimidating thing. After all, your website is the face of your organization ?what if something goes wrong? Well, don\'t worry, it is usually not as difficult as it seems. This tutorial will show you how to move your website to Crossmap.net, without interrupting your service.
Step 1: Transferring HTML/Image
based websites
If you have a website that consists of HTML, Javascript
code, and images, it will be simple to move your site
to Crossmap.net from your current host. This means
that your website does not use more complex coding
and features, such as PHP or MySQL databases.First,
fire up your FTP program and access the root folder
of your previous host. The root folder just means
the folder where you can see all of the other folders
on your current website. Download all of the folders
and files onto your computer. Then, access the public_html
folder on your new Crossmap.net account (this is our
root folder) and upload all the files and folders
from your computer. You should be maintaining the
same file and folder structure that was on your previous
host.If you need help with FTP, you can read
our FTP tutorial here.
Step 2: Verify that your
website is being served correctly
Make sure all of the files are appearing properly
on the Crossmap.net service. You have a temporary
URL that you can access your files with until you
switch your domain name to reflect the Crossmap.net
server. This temporary URL is included in the welcome
email that is sent to you that contains all of your
account access information. This URL follows the form
below:
http://matthew.crossmap.net/~yourusername
This version of the website may not be perfect. If
you are linking to your site URL, like http://www.yoursite.com,
then clicking on this link will take you to your current
host rather than the Crossmap.net one. If you are
using relative links, like "../index.htm," then you
will have no problems. If the site looks okay, then
it is time to change the domain name to point to your
new account.
Step 3: Make your domain
name point to the Crossmap.net server
When we enable your account on Crossmap.net,
we are preparing our server to receive visitors who
come from your domain name. To make sure that people
who enter your domain name are going to the new host,
rather than the old one, you need to change the DNS
information on your domain name. Basically, you should
login to your domain name information on your domain
registrar, and change the DNS information to the domain
name server info provided in your welcome email.Detailed
instructions for doing this are available in our "Registering
and setting up a domain name" tutorial.
Conclusion
The above instructions show how to move a
simple website from an old web host to Crossmap.net.
If your website is more complex, and has installed
scripts and database information, please contact the
Crossmap.net support team for more detailed help.
We thank you for choosing Crossmap.net for your Christian
web hosting needs!