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Is it possible to transfer site from one hosting to another?

by Tony X
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I have a few sites hosted at Wealthy Affiliate and I was wondering if I could transfer them from there to Hostgator.

I think I've out grown WA for now and I want to move on.
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  • Profile picture of the author LIndaB
    Tony, as long as you have FTP access to the site, it can be moved to another host. Just download it to your desktop, set up your hosting, then upload it to the new host. You'll then need to change your nameservers at your domain registrar.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tony X
    Ahhhhhh... thanks so much Linda. That makes so much sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adrian Cooper
    Originally Posted by Tony X View Post

    I have a few sites hosted at Wealthy Affiliate and I was wondering if I could transfer them from there to Hostgator.

    I think I've out grown WA for now and I want to move on.
    If both sites run cPanel just ask Hostgator to transfer your sites directly.

    FTP will only work if the site has been created on the new host either by the host or through WHM if you have a reseller account.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sam101
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      Originally Posted by apc01 View Post

      If both sites run cPanel just ask Hostgator to transfer your sites directly.

      FTP will only work if the site has been created on the new host either by the host or through WHM if you have a reseller account.
      Also do not immediately cancel your earlier hosting account as it takes time for the traffic to be directed to the new hosting servers. So for a while, some of your visitors will be directed to the old host and some to the new one. So do not change anything in your site layout, structure, etc until about two -three weeks till all traffic is actually directed to the new host (else customers will see two different pictures of your site depending on which host they access).
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    • Profile picture of the author Floyd Fisher
      Originally Posted by apc01 View Post

      If both sites run cPanel just ask Hostgator to transfer your sites directly.

      FTP will only work if the site has been created on the new host either by the host or through WHM if you have a reseller account.
      Do not use cpanel for hosting transfers!

      Cpanel backup and restore is spotty, especially if you have a database of any kind.

      Databases
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    • Profile picture of the author Floyd Fisher
      Originally Posted by apc01 View Post

      If both sites run cPanel just ask Hostgator to transfer your sites directly.

      FTP will only work if the site has been created on the new host either by the host or through WHM if you have a reseller account.
      Do not use cpanel for hosting transfers!

      Cpanel backup and restore is spotty, especially if you have a database of any kind.

      Databases should be transferred with PHP MyAdmin only, and the rest done by FTP.
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      • Profile picture of the author Adrian Cooper
        Originally Posted by Floyd Fisher View Post

        Do not use cpanel for hosting transfers!

        Cpanel backup and restore is spotty, especially if you have a database of any kind.

        Databases should be transferred with PHP MyAdmin only, and the rest done by FTP.
        Transfers carried out through WHM will work if the site is under a certain size.

        Over that size it is necessary to use the root/ssh method through WHM which definitely works well, but Hostgator will not have root access to the other server.

        Otherwise, as Floyd indicated, the following method could be used:

        1. Backup your mySQL databases through cPanel
        2. Backup your home directory through cPanel
        3. Create your new site on the new server through WHM or host
        4. Restore home directory through cPanel
        5. Restore mySQL database through cPanel

        Because I have my own servers, I use direct server to server transfers using SCP - Secure Copy Protocol - from the command line and then restore the databases from the command line. If it is an active site I will rsync the mySQL directory as well to ensure the data is not compromised.
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  • Profile picture of the author kempos
    Yes, it ism possible and not too difficult. What I have done is aksed my new host to do it for me - just wanted to be on the safe site.

    thanks,
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