1. Make a complete copy of the website

Use your favorite FTP manager to upload a site to the computer. Probably not all the files are on one hard drive because you could add some scripts taken from the internet. If you are using the Dreamweaver editor, use the GET command to copy all the files. If you use the FrontPage editor, use the ‘import’ function to make a complete website copy of an old website.

2. Select a new web server

3. Transfer your domain name

Contact the company where you registered the domain name and change the DNS (domain name server) or name server information to the DNS information of your new web host. For some time the site will be unavailable to users while there is a DNS change process and the new DNS information goes through the world WHOIS (who’s who) servers. Usually it takes around 24-72 hours to complete the process. Until the site transfer is complete, save any existing services from an old domain name, such as email forwarding, a current site address, and your web hosting. This is important for the site to function. To see what the domain name transfer process looks like, you can take advantage of the service called Whois.net Domain Name Lookup. You can search for the full account when your domain name has already been transferred.

4. Upload all files to a server from a new web server

When you’re sure the domain name is transferred, upload all your website files to a new web host’s server. Dreamweaver Editor: First define a site, then use the PUT command to transfer all files and web pages. Therefore, the site will not undergo any changes during the file transfer. FrontPage Editor – Create a new site from files transferred from an old web host and then upload it to a server at a new web host. Convince yourself that the new web hosting allows you to use Front Page file extensions. Thus, you will be transferring a site entirely on a new web host.

5. Transferring web pages to a new web server

The Dreamweaver and FrontPage editors make transferring web pages a breeze. During the transfer, the site is almost not exposed to changes. One more way to transfer web pages is to copy some initial code when you right click on the page and also select “review HTML code”. The text is then transferred to Notepad’s text editor. Then select “Save File As” and save the file in HTML format to an appropriate place. Before saving the file in HTML format, the extension “.txt” will appear at the bottom of a line. In the dropdown menu, it will be necessary to select “all files” and change the extension of a saved file to . html, and only then to save this file. After that, you will receive a complete web page and can upload it where needed. However, if the page contains maps, you will need to save them separately.

6. Website Editing

Sometimes the appearance of a website can differ from what it had on the previous web host, because not all files could be transferred. Such a thing can happen when publishers use . It happens more often when working with the Front Page editor because it uses its own extensions in the site map (additional files for a simple map). Make any necessary design changes to make the site look like it did on a previous web host. You will probably need to remove or change some initial code before you can fully recreate your first site.

7. On-site testing

As soon as the domain name and all files have been successfully transferred to a new web host, you should test it on all the up and running services of a new web host (for example: email services, etc.). If all services are working normally, you should decline the remaining services on a previous web host.