Op donderdag 22 december 2005 00:26, schreef Larry Garfield:
Bear in mind that if you're also mving the domain name to a new host, there will be a delay in getting the domain to point to the new server. The details there vary depending on your web hosts.
Here is a way to avoid downtime: * set up the site (with the backups / sql files etc) on the new host * add a example.com/settings.php to that new hosts intallation * add a staging.example.com/settings.php to that new hosts intallation * Lock down comments and submissions. For all content added, from now on, to the ld site, will be lost. * Get staging.example.com dns to pint to that new host [1] * Test staging.example.com (to find out if everythnih on that new host runs as wished. * You might optionally do a new database copy here, and only then lock the submission on the old site. * Get the DNS for example.com to point to the new server * Wait untill the world hasz the new detals and is working on the (unlocked, you never locked that one down) new site/server * Remove the old stuff from the old site. A good thing to do is to request a DVD by mail from the data your account.
[1] Alternaatively, instead of staging.example.com you can use the IP of the new host just add a sites/123.451.234/settings.php (the ip)