SIGN UP FOR YOUR NEW HOSTING ACCOUNT

The first step is to sign up for our hosting plan. When your new hosting account is established, you can proceed to step two. During Sign up make sure to choose "I will transfer my DotNetNuke website to DNN4Less" option.

BACKUP YOUR CURRENT WEBSITE

There are several ways to backup your website. You can FTP to your current hosting account and save every single file to your computer's hard drive. You'll also need to export any databases you may have. You can also usually backup your site files through your website control panel or administration panel. If your old host utilize the popular Plesk Control Panel, you can backup your entire site and provide to our Support Staff for migration, To learn how to backup your website through Plesk Control Panel visit: http://goo.gl/XJEYq

UPLOAD YOUR WEBSITE FILES TO DNN4Less SERVER

After sign up, you will receive an email from DNN4Less' Support to provide the backup, you will also receive FTP server and login information.

Upload your site files via FTP and wait for confirmation email from our Support Staff. Test your website via the temporary URL provided by Support Staff. It is imperative you test your site and make sure everything works properly at this step.

SETUP YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTS

In order to make the transition as seamless as possible, you will want to setup all your existing email accounts on your new hosting account. This ensures email is delivered when you change your DNS over to DNN4Less. Your client email program such as Outlook may need some configuration to work, but if your accounts are established, your messages will be delivered.

If you use your current host's webmail program to check your email, download all your mail to a client such as Outlook. This prevents old email from being lost when your current host account is closed.

CHANGE YOUR DOMAIN NAME'S DNS SETTINGS

In this step, you'll want to change the DNS settings of your domain name to point to your site at your new hosting account with DNN4Less. You can obtain the proper DNS settings from your welcome email, your domain registrar should be able to help you enter these if you're having trouble. DNS changes take up to seventy-two hours to propogate or update across the internet, so wait at least that long before moving on to the final step.

CANCEL YOUR OLD HOSTING ACCOUNT

Once your site is up and running, your website works as planned and your email is all in place, it is time to shut down your old hosting account. Once that is complete, you have successfully migrated your website from your old hosting provider to DNN4Less!