- A website migration is the process of moving the files of a website from one web hosting company to another.
- It is both thrilling and at times scary to perform. Presently if your website is not planned properly and is growing haphazardly, it is time to make a change and consider redesigning it.
- Available disk space and bandwidth are few things that need thought to improve the conditions of your site to preserve a stable flow of repeated as well as new visitors.
- The first critical step is to analyze and set the best time to move to a new host.
- The new host you choose should have a better plan that includes enhanced performance of the site, good features, improved stability and also the best price in the market.
- A website migration will not be worrying, if the process is broken down and planned into steps.
- Schedule the Migration when your website traffic levels are usually low.
- All website visitors should be informed by a simple page that displays the date and time of the migration as well as the likely completion date.
- It is a important to have a proper back up of your old site as it will give you time to find out the bugs and remove the problems.
- Make sure you have the new web hosting information right. This includes FTP (File Transfer Protocol Information), the Control Panel login information, and Domain Name Servers (DNS) information.
- If you have regular customers and your site attracts lot of traffic, make sure to intimate all of them well in advance.
- Once you have shifted to your new host, test everything. Fix the bugs and ensure that everything is ready and proper.
- Make sure that all forms are working by doing several tests. This means that the form is emailed to the right people and/or making sure the information is entered in the database.
- It is a good idea to ask a professional web tester to look at the website to make sure nothing is wrong.
- After everything checks out, you can go to your domain registrar and change the domain name servers (DNS) to your new webhost.
For more details about Website Migration, E-Commerce Consulting, Website development and maintenance please feel free to contact Prevaj Consultants at prevaj@prevajconsultants.com or call +91-8144760745.
