Cheat sheet on switching hosting companies?

[dagummit]

Hello again,

I just had a question on optimizing tables and it was pointed out to me that GoDaddy.com may not be the best to be with. I did some searching and there are MANY people saying the same. But my point here is not to beat up on GoDaddy, I have a question on the process of changing hosting companies.

I would be more than positive that there has been some tutorial on the subject here, but in my initial search, I can't find one...

For those that have done it before, was it hard to do? And is there a vB.org tutorial?

Thanks...

I just realized that I should have posted this in the in the hosting section. Sorry mods...if you would move it for me, I'd appreciate it.

[zappsan]

Well, it depends on which host it is.
Some hosts will transfer your site for under certain conditions.

I had CPanel on my old host and it also came with the new host I signed up with (A Small Orange).
I simply contacted them and they moved everything for me.

I've also moved hosts before, without help from my hoster and didn't have any problems doing so.

I used MySQLDumper for the backup of my database and the restore on the new location and everything worked fine.
It might also have some advantages that my forums are rather small, moving bigger forums might probably be a little more complicated.

I'd just try contacting your new host, asking them how much they can help you.

[dagummit]

thank you for the info!

[Marco van Herwaarden]

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