7
Simple Steps to Move Your Existing Web Hosting to MyHostGate |
Frustrated
with your current web hosting provider? Current web hosting
provider closed down or disappeared along with your e-mails
and website? Worry no more, shift to MyHostGate, the nations leading
hosting provider and benefit from the solid reputation, excellent
support and cost-effective pricing. Using the simple steps
below, you will be able to move your existing web and e-mail
hosting accounts over to MyHostGate effortlessly. |
STEP
1: Choosing the Right Web & E-mail Hosting Plan
Before
anything, you must first choose the ideal web hosting package
based on your requirement. Ensure that the plan you choose
meets the e-mails and website space requirement. Selection
of plans can be done from the web & e-mail hosting Product
Page . Once decided, you need to proceed to order the plan.
We will process your order and setup the new account accordingly.
Once the account has been setup, a guide will be sent to you
based on the contact details you provided. The guide is important
and you should print a copy to be kept in a safe place for
future reference. |
STEP
2: Reading the Guides and Online Tutorials
To
ensure that you are familiar and can make full use of MyHostGate
hosting features, it is strongly recommended for you to read
the guides that we will be sending to you as well as participate
in the online tutorial lessons. All these are offered free-of-charge
to our clients to ensure they are familiar with our system.
The guides that contain passwords and other details should
be printed out and be kept in a safe place for future reference.
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STEP
3: Backing Up Your Website
You
should ensure that your hosting account with the old hosting
provider is still valid. From here, backup your website by
downloading it from the server to your local PC via FTP or
online backup tool (if made available by the old hosting provider).
Backing up will also ensure that you have a copy of your website
in case of disasters. |
STEP
4: Uploading Your Website Files to MyHostGate
Once
your account has been created by our technical team, you will
be given FTP details so that you can upload your website files
over to the new server. To avoid downtime, it is recommended
for you to upload your files over to MyHostGate before you modify
the domain's DNS. This way, your website is ready to be displayed
in the new server when the pointing is complete. Hence, zero
downtime for your website is achievable. Once you have uploaded
to the new server, you can check its link to make sure the
website is running well by using its pre-live test-link. Details
are given in the guide we sent you. |
STEP
5: Recreating E-mail Accounts in MyHostGate
You
can achieve zero downtime for all your e-mail accounts when
you migrate to MyHostGate web hosting services. Once your account
has been created in MyHostGate web and e-mail servers, you should
proceed to re-create all the e-mail accounts that you used
to have in the old hosting provider. This is done by following
the instructions in the guides we sent you. This is important
because approximately 24 hours after you change the domain's
DNS info, mails will stop coming into the old hosting providers'
e-mail system and will be redirected to MyHostGate e-mail server.
Hence, you must ensure the right e-mail accounts have been
re-created in the new mail server to store these mails. Prior
to using the new mail system, you must perform downloads from
the old server to ensure all mails have been downloaded. Once
the DNS propagation is complete, you will be able to start
using the new mail system effortlessly. |
STEP
6: Modify Your Domain's DNS record
Check
on your domain name's status. Make sure the name is not expired
and the domain ownership is belonging to you. An expired domain
name will make it difficult for the migration process to be
conducted. Being the rightful owner, you deserve to own the
domain name. At the same time, only the domain owner can initiate
a migration request. This is done by changing the DNS information
to the new hosting provider from a control panel provided
by the domain registrar. Examples of domain registrars are
like MYNIC, WebNIC and OpenSRS. To simplify the task, MyHostGate
billing personnel can also assist you on modification of the
DNS. For this, we will need to have your domain username and
password details. We handle this information professionally
so that your password details are kept confidential at all
times. For additional security, you may want to change the
password once MyHostGate has assisted you on updating the Domain's
DNS information. You should also consider changing the domain
registrar over to MyHostGate for a consolidated account management.
Speak to our billing officers on this matter and we'll be
delighted to provide full assistance to you. |
STEP
7: Finalising
Once
your domain's website and e-mails are running smoothly with
MyHostGate, you can now proceed to terminate the service of the
old hosting provider. You should request the old hosting provider
to delete all your domain profiles from their DNS server,
e-mail server and web server to avoid any future technical
issues. Now you're ready to enjoy the new and improved services
that MyHostGate offers. Not to mention the tremendous features
that is only available with hosting services offered by MyHostGate.
Well done and welcome to MyHostGate! |
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