Nov 12
Busy Busy Monday!
I was up pretty late last night having fun with the new server. Well, having fun may not really be accurate. I mean, it’s basically the same thing as what I have now except a lot more responsive.
Which I guess is more fun. At least to me. (#):)
Now this blog isn’t on the new server yet, but I’ve begun to transfer other sites and blogs over. As I write this, I’m transferring 3 sites over
…And it’s going a lot better than I thought it would.
What I’m Learning
I have three blogs now, and when I started them, I uploaded the latest version of Wordpress. Outside of that, I never really updated them and I’ve obviously never moved my blogs to new servers before. Gotta say, the moving process isn’t that bad and if I had thought about things for 3 seconds before I started, I would’ve been able to save a ton of time.
Learn From My Mistakes:
- Domain propagation takes time, so don’t tell yourself you can have your site up and running in an hour when it’ll take X times that hour for your domain to find your new server.
- Once your domain is pointed at your new server, you may find it difficult to get files you left behind. So make sure you take your images, themes and posts with you BEFORE propagation!
- Copy your databases and take note of your e-mail addresses and how they’re setup before you go.
- Check out dnsstuff.com after you get your new server up so you can a heads up on anything that might be amiss with your new server/setup.
More to come soon after I start transferring my Galleries over. That will be great fun I’m sure.
November 12th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
I just switched Kyle’s Cove to new hosting recently. I actually paid a few dollars to have it moved professionally so all my databases and everything moved with me. Was a flawless move and I’m much happier on my new hosting.
November 12th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
I hope it all ends smoothly. I’m sure I would mess it up! I am clumsy, even in the digital world.
November 13th, 2007 at 11:14 am
@Kyle – Oh yeah? Nice job. I didn’t notice any writeup in your blog about it, so I had no idea. Where’d you move to?
My move (while still going on) is going pretty well so far. I think the only hiccup I’m going to have is moving my Gallery from Da Mack Daddy over. But I think I’ll be “ok” there too. *nod*
BTW, care to share how much a “professional move” cost? (#):D
@Forest – Eh, usually you can’t screw things up too much!
November 25th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Yeah, now that I think about it, I never really mentioned it. KC was originally on a friends hosting package, so I bought hosting with Hostgator and had them transfer it for $9.00. They moved all the databases and everything was set up exactly as I left it. Then I just started posting on that site.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
@Kyle – Vinteresting. I really thought that your costs would be a LOT higher. Well again, nice job. Everything is lookin’ good!