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How to
transfer your website to HOSTBLOW.COM with zero downtime
We assure you that if you follow our instructions
below, you will not face any problem during the transfer and
you will face ZERO DOWNTIME . |
DO NOT CHANGE YOUR
NAMESERVERS NOR DELETE
YOUR CURRENT WEB HOST!
Do not tell your current
web host that you are going to change to our hosting company
unless you transfer all the files to our servers.
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| Establish a hosting
account with us |
You
will then be able to access your new account via the server's
hostname that you will get on your Welcome email with all
details for setup.
Start uploading
your website files to your domain folder through FTP or any
other site publishing software (FrontPage, Dreamweaver, HomeSite,
etc.)
In your welcome email, you will get a temporary link to access
your NEW web site before anything goes live. Verify that everything
is working on your NEW site (graphics, web pages, links, etc.)
Once verified,
go to your registrar and change your "name servers" to those
that are mentioned in your setup email such as ns1.hostblow.com
- ns2.hostblow.com
Your site will
be updated WORLDWIDE within 24-72 hours. Note: although you
may be able to see your site on the new server within possibly
12 hours, please allow a complete 72-hour cycle before you
delete your old host. |
| Enjoy your
hosting experience with us |
If
you have any problems during the transfer, pleas email our
our support staff and let us know what you've done so far,
and we'll help you finish it all up! EVEN IF YOU DO IT RIGHT,
drop us a line and let us know that you love the speed! |
| First step
is to establish a web hosting account with us |
Start
by ordering any of our web hosting plans ORDER
HERE
If you want to pay by CASH ,select MAIL IN PAYMENT , then your
order will be processed after the payment, our sales staff will
get in touch with you however If you are paying by credit card
,after the payment is verified, you will receive a setup email
within 30 seconds with all the usernames / passwords to grant
you server access via your assigned server hostname. Proceed
to upload your files to the server via the server's hostname.
MAKE SURE YOU PUT EVERYTHING IN YOUR DOMAIN
FOLDER UNDER YOUR PUBLIC-HTML FOLDER and MAKE SURE YOU
RENAME YOUR HOMEPAGE "index.html", ALL LOWER CASE. Then use
the temporary link provided in the email to view your site.
Once you have everything verified, return to the place where
you originally registered your domain (your registrar). |
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setup email(s) there will be a pair of DNS or Nameservers |
Use those DNS to change them
for your domain. If you don't have a domain control panel
(that is where you usually make these changes) please email
your registrar or call and tell them to change your name
servers to those provided to you in your setup email from
us such asns1.hostblow.com
- ns2.hostblow.com
After the DNS changes have been made, your domain will now
begin to point to your server with Hostblow.com This will
take 24-72 hours to resolve worldwide as every ISP updates
their DNS at different times.
If after 48 hours you cannot
access your domain via www.yourdomain.com, please email
us .
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| Enjoy
your hosting experience with HOSTBLOW.COM |
