how to move to new domain ?

[knova15]

Hi

Would like to move my site to a new domain name but keep all the settings/data.

Is it possible to do it ? if so how ?


Thank you

 

[Rodolfo]

Sure you can, you need to:
1. Move all the files from server A to server B.
2. Backup the database of website A and restore it in website B.
3. Update app/settings.php of website A with the database details of website B.

You will also need to update the DNS, that is the tricky part because that propagation is not instant and in some cases people will access to website A and not website B. You have to make sure to create a landing page for the people that because the DNS issue will be still seeing website A.

If your website is large the best that you can do is server to server transmission and that can be done using the rsync command. If your database is large don't back up it using phpmyadmin, use the cPanel tool or the mysql command line. You will surely get a corrupted database if you do it using phpmyadmin.

 

[knova15]

so this will work to transfer the site to a new domain like :
domain1.com --> domain3212.com (not just server)

 

[Rodolfo]

Yeah, Chevereto is smart enough. The only thing is that you will need to redirect the old domain to the new one to avoid penalties at search engines.

 

[knova15]

thank you for the help will do it tonight.

 

[mydive]

is this the same if you want to move it from a main domain to a subdomain?

 

[knova15]

Hi


What I did : moved all the files to the new domain AND left the database alone since it is the same cPanel account its working fine. I assume the subdomain will be the same. So if you just move the files over it should work without any issues since it is under the same account database wise.


Hope this helps