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...who initially set his site up under SiteDelux, which is one of the clunkiest do-it-yourself sites I have seen, design-wise. He has registered his domain, but I am in the dark as to how to move it to a "better" hosting/design service. My friend is very unweb-savvy, so I want to just be able to do it for him. Thanks for your help!
How do I move a nonpublished web site from one hosting company to another? I am doing a web site for a friend
Well, transferring the DOMAIN is easy. A reputable hosting service will walk you through it step-by-step.
Transferring the actual site is an entirely different monster...
You need the files from the original site. If the original site it is hosted on let him build it himself, he will need to download all of the files from the FTP server on the old host, and upload them to the new host.
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If he built it on a site that does not give him FTP access (such as a free hosting service), he's up a creek, sans paddle. Time to start from scratch. Good news though: Reputable hosts offer tools for the novice site builder. Bluehost.com is one of the best hosts out there for a low to medium grade website.
How do I move a nonpublished web site from one hosting company to another? I am doing a web site for a friend
You need to be sure that the facilities that are being used by the website on the old host are available on the new one, or equivalent ones that don't take too much trouble to swap over to.
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