[DM-MUG] websites and webservers

[Matt Stanton]

  The easiest way to make sure everything moves properly is to start 
setting it up at the new site while the old site is still up.  Because 
of the way virtual hosting is done, though, you may not be able to 
actually do this.

If there is any php involved in the site hosted by netINS, you'll 
probably need to go through any config.php files to make sure that the 
information in them doesn't need to be changed... Usually you have to 
set the location of the site and some database information, which may 
have changed in the move.  Also, yes... links on all sites that 
reference each other may need to be modified.  If you have anything 
regarding the site saved in a database, then you would have to also 
export that database information to a .sql file and insert it into the 
new database.

If the site is just a few static html pages, then you only have to worry 
about making sure all the links are pointed to the right places.

On 8/29/2010 4:59 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
> I have my JourneyZing [JZ] site hosted at netINS but it's really too
> much in terms of $ and also I don't need all the bells and whistles
> so am thinking of moving it to GoDaddy [where a bunch of my other
> stuff is] - I am downloading the site so it's saved on my harddrive
> but I have a Q as to what is involved.
>
> My JZ site is about 5-8 pages give or take.  The blog is actually
> hosted at Typepad and gthe gallery is actually hosted at SmugMug.
>
> So there are 87 files/folders [items] on the netINS site - some of
> which I clearly don't need [i.e. online store and order form  = all
> that is handled by Smugmug.
>
> Is it as 'simple' as just moving it all to GoDaddy [once the domain
> is transferred there] or because theh blog and the gallery are really
> hosted elsewhere are there changes that are needed???  I do think
> there are some things that will need reorientation = i.e., the link
> on the gallery site that points to the JZ site probably would be
> changed. etc.
>
> I'm also looking for someone to do this who would know what the heck
> they are doing.