How to switch hosts without downtime!

Switching to a new host can be a smooth process if you do a little planning and preparation. Following our steps will ensure that your move is as painless as possible.

1. After you have signed up with us, make sure not to cancel with your old hosting provider, and do not tell them you will be canceling. For the time being you switching host needs to be kept a secret from them, or they could terminate your site early and cause downtime.
2. At this point you should have hosting accounts with two hosting providers the old and the new one. You will now upload your entire site from the old host to the new one. This can be done by connecting to their ftp and downloading all your files. Then connecting to our server and upload all your files. The only catch here is that your ftp settings for your new web space with us will be accessible via IP ('127.0.0.1/~username') address not domain name ('www.yoursite.com'). If you would like, we will transfer your entire site over free of charge!
3. After you have all your files on both hosting accounts you will change your Domain Name Server (DNS) settings with your registrar (EX: Network Solutions Inc) to the following.

   ns.mloader.com
   ns2.mloader.com
   

   If you are not sure who you registered your domain with, follow this link to find out: Who Is My Registrar. Then contact wherever you purchased the domain name from ('ex: networksolutions.com') to make the changes. If you purchased your domain name from your old host you usually will need to ask them to make the DNS changes for you. You will need to explain to them you are making the move and offer your full account information including username, password and domain name. Then just ask them to change your 'DNS' to ns.mloader.com and ns2.mloader.com
   
   If you have any questions we would be more then happy to help you, or even make the DNS changes for you.
   
   
4. Once your DNS changes have been made you will need to wait one to three days before your site will load off the new host. During this two day period your DNS is propagating world wide, and your site will be bouncing from the old host to the new host every other minute randomly. Once the two days is up your site will only be loading off the new host. During this time it would also be wise to set up another email account tied to our server by IP address until the DNS settings have fully trasitioned, so you don't miss any mail. Or you may use one of three webmail clients we make available to our clients.
5. After 24 - 72 hours has passed and your new DNS settings are set, you will now contact your host you were moving from and cancel your account with them.

If you completed all the above steps you have successfully switched hosts, with no downtime at all!