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Sean Pierce Sumler
18,968 PointsHow can I transfer my website from one hosting to another?
I currently have hosting at both webhostingforstudents and dreamhost. My donmain was purchased through namecheap.
How can I transfer my site from webhostingforstudents to dreamhost?
It seems like it should be obvious, but I can't get it to work. Any help/ advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
3 Answers
Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsYou just want to transfer hosting, not the domain?
Just copy the files to your local machine and upload them to the new host/server. You only go through a "transfer process" with domain names.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsYou will want to point your DNS server to your new hosts's DNS as well though. Usually, on your namecheap account you would just log in and change the DNS server information there, the easiest to just use your host's DNS, not Namecheap's DNS.
You'll have to do that though so your site can be found.
Sean Pierce Sumler
18,968 PointsThanks for your answers! I just needed to point the DNS to my new host. I made a mistake the first time, but it's working now.
:)