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When your time is up it is up. With many webmasters many come to the realization that at some point its time to move or change web hosts. The web or host master may simply have come to the conclusion that its time for a wholesale change on upgrade to theirs site or sites. Sometimes it’s a case of failing to locate important files, while others have messy file structures overall. Here a series and collection of tips will surely help new website owners to keep on track of and as well have ideas and procedures to avoid hosting failure and catastrophic failures of data.

First and foremost create backup of all necessary files. The type of file can be in binary or ASCII format. There are instances that you need to backup files manually due to a different format of old web host’s control panel. However, do not forget to save a copy of server log which is also necessary for your web host transfer.

You need to have a trusted FTP, DNS, and scripts before web host transfer. Aside from them, you must have a temporary URL to check the site’s status during transfer. But if the new host is control by a domain, then take the basic and important step of informing and notifying the recipient upcoming server host service to not revise DNS until you tell them.

The copy of the original installation guide, as well as the script is all essential during Web host transfer, transfers, upgrades and updates. There are cases that new host won’t work well, thus, another task for installing it again. You need to have a list of all server paths like Sendmail, Perl and home directory of your new server. However, if the scripts need special server programs, make sure that they are installed on correct location on the server. As courtesy to your customers and visitors, inform that you will upgrade to a new webhost. Provide an alternate email address where they can throw related concerns so you won’t lose them during the transfer. You can have periodic updates during and after the service provider transfer. On this way, you can inform customers and visitors some not working areas on your site.

Before and during transfer, you must inform your customers and visitor about your planned hosting transfer. What you can do is to give an alternate email address so you will not lose their concerns during web host transfer. You have two options, first are to have periodic updates, and second are to transfer during least traffic. The first option lets you inform customers and visitors that there are some areas of site not working. The last option gives you enough time if you have huge site structure. Transfer first pages with custom errors, then, upload the most visited page. But be sure to transfer them in different days to avoid failure. Final step is to change DNS, it usually takes 1-2 days before it go in effect so you have enough time to enhance some part of your site. Do not throw the old host because you’ll never know what might happen to the new host. In addition, try to check for remaining concerns on the old email account. Monitor the new host for two weeks or until traffic and email goes well. If you feel comfortable it and it works fine, then, cancel your old account and enjoy using the new one.

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