Awesome! You have asked Cap Web Solutions to perform a hosting migration. This is exciting.
Maybe you are launching a brand new website, or you have just completed a massive update and the new site is siting on a staging / development server somewhere.
Maybe you are moving to a new web host who is more closely aligned with your preferences.
Let’s get rolling.
Since we are moving from one server to a different server, we need a few different logins to make this happen. They include:
- a login to the EXISTING host where the website currently resides – this may be a staging or development server, or it could be a different directory on your live server
- another login to the NEW hosting account where the website is moving to
- login to your domain registrar – this is the place where you purchased your domain name. You pay your registrar yearly for the ownership of your domain name.
When it comes to sending access credentials (usernames and passwords) I prefer that you send this information via a secure note. I recommend using a secure, encrypted, one-time-only notes for this purpose.
Cap Web Solutions prefers: 1ty.me
When you reach that page follow these steps to create your secure note:
- Enter the login information (web address, username, password, etc) into the grey box as a note.
- Press the green ‘Generate Link’ button.
- Copy the link using the ‘Copy Link’ button
- Paste that link into the form below and send it to me
Here is a quick little template to use so that you can provide everything we may need. Copy the lines below and paste them into the body of the secure note.
Current web host url:
Current username:
Current password:
-or-
Current web host FTP/sFTP login.
Current web host FTP/sFTP host address:
Current web host FTP/sFTP username:
Current web host FTP/sFTP password:
Current web host FTP/sFTP port:
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NEW web host URL:
NEW host username:
NEW host password:
-or-
NEW web host FTP/sFTP login.
NEW web host FTP/sFTP host address:
NEW web host FTP/sFTP username:
NEW web host FTP/sFTP password:
NEW web host FTP/sFTP port:
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Registrar URL:
Registrar username:
Registrar password:Once you have gathered all the access information (and tested that it works – thank you) create the 1ty.me secure and send it to us. You can use this little form below to send us the link.
Note that the link you are creating is a one-time view link. After it is opened once, it can never be opened again – SO DON’T CHECK IT OUT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE! It works. Trust me.
Questions about all this? Contact us.