Website Migration
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Q: Why should I move my site? What does web site migration entail?
A: If your present web hosting provider can no longer fulfill the requirements of your website, or when you face continuous downtime, or if you have to wait for hours for the help desk team to reply back to you, it might be a good idea to change your web hosting provider, i.e. to move all the files for your websites along with your databases from your current provider to your new provider. At eTexHosting, we realize that this can often be difficult and time–consuming. For this reason, we will accomplish all that for you for free!Our highly capable technical team representatives will migrate your web site content from your present web hosting provider to us. Our techs have got plenty of experience with web site migration and can take care of everything – from a conventional WordPress–powered weblog or Joomla™–powered website, to an extremely complex, custom–built web application.
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Q: Just how long will it take for my web site to be moved over to your platform?
A: We strive to accomplish all web site migrations as quickly as possible. Even so, we don’t have a set time frame for website migrations. There are several elements that you need to take into consideration – the very size of your site and the workload of our website migration staff, etc. We always strive to accomplish each migration within 48 hours. With less sizeable web sites, our team typically manages to finish in under 24 hours.
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Q: Do you need anything from me before you start moving my website?
A: We don’t require any private information. We’ll need, however, the login info for your present web hosting account and the name of the site that you want to transfer.
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Q: You will access delicate info. How can I be sure that you won’t misuse it?
A: Before we can begin the transfer of your account, you must first open an account with us. Opening an account with us will require that you to share precisely the same details you have given to your previous web hosting provider. We’ve also got an extremely rigorous Privacy Policy, which describes how delicate info is tackled.
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Q: Will my web site be offline during the transfer?
A: While we transfer your website, it will be available both in your web hosting account with us and in your account with your old web hosting provider. When the migration is complete, we’ll make sure that everything is functioning properly and that the integrity of your data is not affected before informing you that the transfer is finished. Then we’ll explain to you how to transfer the domain name to your web hosting account with us and how to modify the DNS settings.
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Q: Will my current hosting provider discover that I am leaving them?
A: Nah. Aside from your login details for the Control Panel, we will not need anything. We’ll never touch base with your web hosting provider. They will not know anything about the migration either.
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Q: Does it matter what platform my current provider is using?
A: We can migrate your site from any web hosting provider or any Linux–driven hosting platform so long as we can gain access to the Control Panel and there is File Transfer Protocol access available.The only web sites that we’re unable to migrate are the ones based on closed–source software apps such as Wix, BaseKit, Jimdo, Website Tonight, Four Square and Mr Site.