Is It Time To Switch Hosts?

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Not every webmaster is happy about changing web hosts, some may even cringe at the thought.Just like when you’re moving to another house, things can get lost and a lot of mistakes can be made that will affect you. I will be going through some things to help you make your move of web hosts the easiest move that is possible.

Backup is a very critical part to running any type of website. You never know when the moment will come that you have to rely on your backups to get things back to a normal operation status. If you have been good at keeping backups, you should find it quite simple to switch web hosts with ease. However, you always want the latest backup on hand. Be sure that everything your website needs to function properly is backed up, this includes databases if your website utilizes them. Save AT LEAST 2 copies and store them somewhere else. One copy will be for you to work with. The other will be for your archives. You shouldn’t ever underestimate the power of writing over these files if you mess up somehow.

If the host that you’re moving to has a different control panel, you will need to manually back up your files by downloading them. Different control panels may not be able to restore your backups that were made at your old host. Also, they have different directory structures, which means that your file trees will be a mess. If you feel it is needed, make a notepad file to record memos so that you know what your old server’s configurations were. This will cut down the part of moving back and forth between hosts in order to make the move.

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