Finally MyBlog2Day has been moved to new hosting, the most reliable web hosting – Hostgator. I had experienced the most terrible time while transferring my blogs to Hostgator, I had no experience on how to transfer a blog to new web hosting, that was why my blog was down for 2 days, but it’s fine now, otherwise I’ll not be able to write a post here. Transferring blogs to new hosting was really exhausted, it took me many hours to complete the transferring process, end up I request Hostgator to do it for me.
The reason I moved my previous hosting to Hostgator is because of the slow loading speed and frequent server down, it really pissed of my readers and myself as well. A few of my readers told me that they need long time to load my blog, and the server was always down. You know, I won’t be here if there is no reader to support me, so I want my readers to have good time while visiting and reading my blog. That was why I move to Hostgator, since it is reliable and I’ve yet to listen any bad comment about them.
10 Steps How To Move Your Wordpress Blog To New Web Hosting
First, I thought transferring blogs to new hosting will be quite simple, but it required quite a few steps to follow before we can really transfer the blogs. I was having hard time this 2 days, so I would like to share how did I transfer my blogs to Hostgator successfully, so that newbie can be following the guide before moving on too.
Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to transfer blog to new hosting :
1) Upgrading To Latest Wordpress Blog Version
You need to upgrade your wordpress blog to the latest version if you tend to use Fantastico to install the wordpress script in your new web hosting because Fantastico will install the latest version for you. If your wordpress blog has different version, when you upload your old blog folder to the new web hosting, they can’t be matched.
2) Backup Your Files And Folders
You need to backup your old wordpress blog before moving on, usually people will only backup /wp-content folder because they store all the images, plugins, themes, and etc in this folder. If you have any other files or folders, backup it as well. For me, I used to backup the whole blog’s folders in case I missed out any important folder, at least I still have a copy of it.
3) Backup Your Database
I’m just like a newbie in transferring hosting, I just knew the purpose of the database. Database keeps all the settings for your site, posts, themes and etc. Backup your database from your old web hosting’s control panel, under phpMyAdmin, you can read how to backup your database by following the step-by-step tutorial from Wordpress team.
4) Addon Domain In Your New Web Hosting’s Control Panel
So now you need to add an addon domain in your new web hosting’s, so that you’ll have a folder for the blog that you want to transfer. You can do this from your new web hosting’s control panel.
5) Change Domain Name’s Name Servers
You need to change the name servers for your domain name to the new name servers that provided by the new web hosting company by using your domain registrar control panel.
As an example for Hostgator’s name servers, they are “ns1075.hostgator.com” and “ns1076.hostgator.com“. DNS propagation will take some time to complete, it took only few minutes from my experience, if it’s completed then you’ll not be able to access to your blog anymore, or you can clarify this with the new web hosting company, then you can proceed to the next step.
6) Installing New Wordpress Blog In New Web Hosting
Before installing a new wordpress blog in your new web hosting, you need to access to your new FTP server to see whether it’s accessible, if yes then you can start installing a new wordpress blog in your new web hosting by using Fantastico, it takes you few seconds to complete the installation.
7) Upload Files And Folders
Login to the FTP server, upload the old /wp-content folder and re-write the new /wp-content folder. I used to upload the whole blog folders and re-write them, I didn’t face any problem.
8 ) Upload Database
You need to upload your previous database to the new web hosting by using the phpMyAdmin in control panel. Remember that database keeps all the settings of your site, posts, comments, themes and etc, it’s important to keep a copy for your previous database, otherwise you need to do all the setting all over again.
You can only upload database that is not more than 52mb, I had a 12mb database and it took quite long for me to upload, so I request Hostgator to upload it for me. You can contact your web hosting company technical support to see whether they’re willing to import it for you.
9) Connect Your Wordpress To The Database
You need to connect your fresh installed wordpress to the previous database, you need to open wp-config.php in the root folder and change the database name, username and password to the previous database’s details.
10) Completed!
So you’ve completed moving your blog to the new web hosting, if you follow the 9 steps above correctly and your blog should work like usual now.
Conclusion
I was really sad to see my blog was down for 2 days, the traffic dropped 95%, but I believe that the traffic will be going back to normal in this 2 days, as long as the blog can be transferred successfully to Hostgator.
Moving your wordpress blog to new web hosting is not complicated, you just need to follow the steps and you won’t be having any problem. In fact, Hostgator will help to transfer your primary domain that you use for the hosting only, MyBlog2Day is not the primary domain, but after having conversation in Live Chat with one of their technical support staff, he agreed to help me transferring MyBlog2Day instead of the primary domain, he is really a kind person.
I requested Hostgator team to transfer MyBlog2Day instead of other blogs because MyBlog2Day has tons of images, plugins and files, I was having hard time transferring them, it took me approximately 10 hours to complete the transferring process, so I stopped it immediately and requested Hostgator team to do it for me. If I want their help to transfer other blogs, there is a charge for that, that was why I prefer to transfer other of my blogs myself since the files are not as large as MyBlog2Day.
Anyway, Hostgator’s Transfers Department and customer services were really cool, I didn’t request them to do so but the person in charge sent me a few emails to update me the transferring process, this was what I appreciated. I strongly recommend Hostgator to all the serious bloggers!
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That sucks about your old host. I am glade that you switched and it is working out for you. Greg Ellison
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@Greg Ellison,
I’m feeling good to host my blog in Hostgator now! Between, Greg do you find any differences between now and before in term of loading speed? Is the loading speed faster now?
Sounds hard to move to new hosting…How much it cost you to use hostgator? are you pay for a month or a year?
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@Fazreen,
It’s not that hard to move to new web hosting, as long as you follow the steps, that would be fine and working for you.
I paid for 2 years one shot Fazreen, so it costs me $8.95 x 24 months plus 20% off, so it’s $171.84 for 2 years plan.
Fazreen if you plan to sign up Hostgator too, shoot me an email and I’ll give you cash rebate if you sign up under my affiliate link.
I know it’s not hard to do once we know how to do it..right?? Wow! you paid for 2 years..maybe I should wait my blog reach one years old then only I’ll look at to its performance..If not so good I’ll shoot you an email!
along with thesis theme
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@Fazreen,
No problem Fazreen, simply shoot me an email if you need any help.
Great choice on switching to Host Gator. I’m also using Host Gator and am so far happy and satisfied.
I know it sucks transferring blogs to other web hosts. Atleast it done know a you can continue with this blog.
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@Teen Blogger,
Yea, I experienced it and I know what to do for the next blog, I can also help people to transfer their blog to the new web hosting as well. It’s really good to learn something new.
how much and which hosting plan you take at hostgator?
@titan,
I signed up Baby Plan for 2 years, it costs me $8.95 x 24months x 20$ off, that was $171.84 for 2 years.
emm..baby plan huh..
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nice… i feel you blog load faster. i heard lot about hostgator but i still love my old hosting
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@EarningStep,
Thanks a lot my friend! Between, which web hosting that you’re using right now?
Hi,
Please send me ur affiliate link for Hostgator.I’m looking to move to Hostagtor Baby Plan.
@techpings,
I’ve sent you an email dude, check it.
Thanks for this article. I already prepared now if want to move to another web hosting service.
Btw, your site faster than before.
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@Dana,
Thanks Dana, I hope this tutorial helps you while moving to new web hosting.
You took the right step by choosing Hostgator..Now I can honestly expirince better load time of Myblog2day
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@Typhoon,
Yea, my previous web hosting really sucks, it was down very frequent and the loading speed was seriously slow. It’s much more better with Hostgator now.
Hm.. I’m still in love with my current hosting. Btw thanks for the steps. It’s useful when changing hostong provider =D
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@BloggerDaily,
Which web hosting you’re using right now?
You made a wise decision. I had noticed that when I came to your blog some times it would not load at all. Today it loaded very quickly.
@marcus,
I hope this gives you the best experience while reading my blog marcus. Seems that everyone is satisfied with the current loading speed, Hostgator rocks!
The only problem i’m having with hostgator is adding new domain names. I’m hosted with the baby plan and it says that I can add as many sites as I want, but the problem is that they don’t really have videos or anything on how to do that.
So Anyone know how to do that? Lee any idea how to do that?
Thanks,
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@Teen Blogger,
Go to your control panel and look for “Addon Domain”, before this you need to buy or register a domain at godaddy.com or any domain provider, then points the nameservers to Hostgator. After this, add your domain name in “Addon Domain”, then you can start creating your site or blog with the domain.
If you have any more question about this, shoot me an email at kahoong_lee@hotmail.com, I can help you with this.
Thanks for great reply, I’m going to try this tomarrow and if i still can’t get it to work I’ll send a email your way.
Thanks for help.
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@Teen Blogger,
No problem dude, simply shoot me an email if it can’t work.
I would change the DNS last. Make a copy of everything to the new host and get everything setup. Then change the DNS, then….transfer the domain name to hostgator, if need be. The best scenario, is to register your domain with another party separate from your hosting so that you have more control over your domain and your website. NameCheap is a pretty good one and they are always running specials for domain registration.
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@Susan,
Thanks for sharing your ideas Susan, in fact I’m testing this way for other of my blog transfer, but not sure whether it works, I’ll let you know if it doesn’t work.
For the domain, I host my domains in Godaddy, that would be good right? As for the specials, Godaddy does have discount if you purchase a few domains one shot, perhaps NameCheap is good too, but still I prefer Godaddy since I’ve used it for few months without any problem.
Hey KaHoongChai,
I am very pleased to have this information, as I am planning to shgift my blog to hostgator, just because the hosting that I am using presently is degrading.
And I have spend three hours with my friend as he has some knowledge about it. but now i can manage it by my own i think.
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@Ravi,
I hope you like this and find this useful for you, that’s the great decision if you decide to move to hostgator, it worth the price you pay.
Again, mail me if you want to get the best deal on Hostgator, I would give you discount.
Good choice switching to Hostgator. I switched mine from powweb to hostgator. The page loading speed is noticeable.
I must say this post is very useful for many , since you wrote this post after practical implementation. It adds more to this post credibility.
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@Harsh,
I went through the process and I knew how to do that, I hope this post helps everyone who doesn’t know how to transfer their blog to new web hosting.
Anyone who faces problem, simply shoot me an email and I’ll try to help you.
That issue is over. Great! Your blog is really cool one, Lee. The readers will come beck, eventually. Its just that 5 % came quickly 95 % will come over a period of time & there won’t ever be any such loss again, now that you have such a good care of loading.
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@Chris,
I can see what’s the big differences between crab web hosting and reliable web hosting, the traffic is obviously increasing after switching to Hostgator, I’m happy with that as well as their technical support.
Robust hosting is very much important for keeping the site growing. I think Hostgator is reliable. You could have planned your site transfer well to avoid the downtime. Putting the site down for 2 days is not good, but now you have your site working perfectly – Congrats
@Home Jobs,
You’re right, putting the site down for 2 days is not a good action, my traffic dropped 95% when the blog was down, but it’s back to normal and the traffic is increasing day by day now, I’m happy to see that. Thanks a lot for reading this blog dude, hope to see you again here, keep in touch!
Faster than before.
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Congratulation for your nice and intelligent move.
Except hostgator which other hosting service provider you recommend ?
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Your website loads really fast now, I used to face lot of timeouts before. I have been hosting with hostgator for over 5 years now without a single glitch, amazing service.
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Sounds like a good move Lee.
My blog is hosted with hostgator and I’ve had no problems with them at all. I too haven’t heard or can’t remember of any bad comments about hostgator.
Thanks for those 10 steps too, I wasn’t sure how to transfer a blog, not that I’ll leave hostgator ut it’s good to know.
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@Blaine,
No doubt, Hostgator is really an awesome web hosting that I’ve never used before, I enjoy their technical support and performance too. I didn’t face any problem such as downtime (just like my previous web host) at all, satisfy with Hostgator.
I hope you like this 10 steps to switch a web hosting Blaine, hope to see you more here too.
Mine is hosted in Hostgator as well, they offer good service.
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