Website transfer: How to?

by FredJones

Posted: 14 years ago 10 replies

WEB DESIGN

I have purchased a website 2 days back.

The owner of the website has transferred the domain name to my Ghodaddy.com account. So I own the domain name now.

He wants to have access to my Hostgator cpanel to transfer the files (Wordpress site). I have other sites hosted there, so uncertain whether this is the best way to go.

Is there some other way, preferably a simpler one than me installing the template and making the entire content once more, that I can transfer the Wordpress theme and content to my Hostgator account? I *think* the other person uses Hostgator too.

#transfer #website

trek3d 14 years ago

What type of account do you have with HostGator?
Shared or Reseller or Another Type?
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- FredJones 14 years ago
  
  Not a reseller one. A regular shared one (if you mean no dedicated IP by "shared") with their $9.95 plan ("baby" I think they call it).
  
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  Kev_K 14 years ago
  
  Your best bet, especially if you're apprehensive about giving him access to your cpanel, is to have hostgator do it for you. Since your account isn't brand new they will charge you for it. They charge $70/hr for their service, but I've had them do multiple transfers just like this and it has never taken them more than a half hour to do ($35).
  
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- missm2m 14 years ago
  
  This is related..? I am going to be accepting a domain transfer in godaddy. Then that is complete I'll be making a new site. www.....com. the original site is not going to be used. so, once this domain is transferred, can't I just point it to the new server and go from there....... what then happens to the old site? does it just drift in cyberspace.... thanks. http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ease-read.html (can i put this here too? need a website) ? thanks.
  
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Peter Olson 14 years ago

Did you see this:

Moving WordPress WordPress Codex
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- FredJones 14 years ago
  
  Oh, now it looks like his account is not in Hostgator while mine is. My question gets re-framed - how to I transfer the content of a site from a non-Hostgator hosted account to a Hostgator hosted account?
  
  It is a Wordpress site.
  
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Peter Olson 14 years ago

Fred,

you will need to transfer the files from his account, then you will need to get the database from his account. You can then copy the files to your account and also load in the db into your account.

backing up db:
Backing Up Your Database WordPress Codex

Restoring db:
Restoring Your Database From Backup WordPress Codex
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keyplay 14 years ago

did you contact the administrator on each domain..
make sure to backup you website and databases before you start to move your site..
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karan_1128 14 years ago

Buy a separate hosting as then only you will get a separate cpanel for tht site.
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FreeZeo 13 years ago

yes buy a seperate hosting plan
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Website transfer: How to?

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