[support] How to move my sites

[Ursula Pieper]

Additionally to all great advice above, I would empty the cache just before
dumping the database.

When setting up a new mysql installation, it is useful in the long run to
make sure that the default character setting is uft-8. I wrote a tutorial
about that a while ago, because I ran into issues with the feed aggregator:
http://upsitesweb.com/blog/2011/08/drupal-7-feed-aggregator-issue-mysql-character-set

Ursula


On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Ms. Nancy Wichmann
<nan_wich at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> The first step should always be to ask the new host if they will do it.
> Many will do it for free.
>
> *Nancy*
>
> Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L.
> King, Jr.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* James Rome
>
> I need to move my sites to a new host. What is the procedure for doing
> this, especially the backup and restore of the database? Does the
> hosting-specific information reside inside the database? If so, how do I
> change them? The page URLs will not be changed.
>
>
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