You may need to transfer your website to a new hosting company, because your existing web-hosting provider is not up to mark or you are upgrading to a next level or you have found a better host.
Whatever the reason is, but it is always pretty hard decision to shift your website.
Here are easy and simple steps that will help you out in transferring your website.
How to do it? First of all backup all important data and copy it to your local computer.
If you have cpanel than transferring to another host can be very easy.
Cpanel allows you to download daily backup of your home directory, database and emails to local computer.
You can simply restore this backup in new cpanel account.
Precautions: Don't forget to verify your data integrity, often backups are in the form of archives that need extraction.
Extract your backup archive to ensure there is no data corruption or malformed backup.
Do not cancel your old hosting account, unless your website is fully transferred to new account.
Verify new account and website functionality.
Transfer Process: Once you are done with backup verification, now is the time to verify new account.
You will be given a cpanel account, ftp information and temporary URL to see your website before changing the dns record.
Upload your website to new account, verify all functions and make sure there are no broken links or neglected sections.
Change DNS Record: The last step is to change your dns record from your domain control panel.
Login to your domain control panel and replace NS (name server record) with new hosting DNS.
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g.
nsx.
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com DNS usually takes 24-72 hours to fully propagate on internet, and you may see minor interruptions during this time period.
Usually your new account becomes visible within couple of hours.