Glad to help. Calling it the WEB was a good idea...everything interacts and interdepends on something else.
Knowing the terms and what to expect makes it far easier to get around.
I will be adding more to that BASICS post as I think of it....(added more tonight)
Etienne, your tpacc site is registered with TUCOWS.
You can leave your registration there if you want and just move your hosting.
The page I sent you to before was to transfer the DOMAIN registration. You may or may not want to do that but it is NOT necessary to host at TCH.
The place to get JUST HOSTING with TCH is here. Find the plan you want and click BUY NOW.
These are the basic steps for moving hosting only:- You would get a new hosting account with the host of your choice. When you sign up, you put in the domain name of the site you will be hosting. Even if you already have another host for that domain, you put that domain in to buy the hosted space.
- Some hosts only offer one type of operating system (only Linux or only Windows). But many hosts offer your choice between operating systems.
-----Windows: page names are not sensitive to capitalization. You can have the name myfile.htm or MyFile.htm and arrive at the same web page.
-----Linux: page names are very specific. MyFile.htm and myfile.htm are two separate pages. Links to web pages, pictures, files of all types must be exact. Also when the host allows, Linux servers allow the use of
.htaccess file to control many website options (password protection, ip blocking, image protection and more)
- You get a welcome email with your site information.
- Some hosts, like TCH, will give you a temporary address to use while you get all the files copied to the new host. Gives you the ability to get all the stuff ready to go. While preparing the site, you can visit the temporary URL address to check your pages.
- Some hosts, like GoDaddy, don't supply a temporary address for previewing the site while you are preparing it. You can not see the site until your domain name propagates to the new host.
- Upload all files (CSB and external) to new host. Note: If you are transfering from a host with cpanel to a new host that also offers cpanel, some hosts, like TCH can do the full transfer for you making it practically painless. All the settings and files would come over in a single batch!
- After you have all the files in place and have checked them, you go to your domain registrar and POINT to the new host DNS servers.
- 12-72 hours later, your site is fully propagated. During that time, your site may be seen by some visitors at the OLD host, some may see it on the NEW host. I like to make a tiny TWEAK to the new hosted files so I can tell the difference. For example, add an extra link, or line of text or extra image, etc to home page and contact pages. Then when you visit the site using the normal URL of the site during that 12-72 hour period, you will know WHICH version of the site is being viewed. Word is spread from computer to computer to computer over the internet. If your ISP has a quick updating name server, then you will promptly see the change. If your ISP connects/updates name servers less often it will take you longer to see the NEW version of the page.
- Once the site is fully propagated, you can cancel your old HOSTING account. Leave the REGISTRAR account active and don't forget to pay for the annual domain registration....it will be SEPARATE from your hosting fees.
