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FiberGuy -> Changing servers - for the novice! (12/31/2006 12:43:38)


Greetings!

BTW, the novice is ME!

I'm in the process of changing over from Microsoft's bCentral hosting to another host. I have already purchased the space and have an IP.

My question is, how do I go about uploading (or publishing) my FrontPage web site to the new host? FrontPage doesn't allow publishing to an IP address (that I can figure out, anyhow).

I'd like to avoid any downtime, of course.

Thanks in advance for guidance!

Cheers




BobbyDouglas -> RE: Changing servers - for the novice! (12/31/2006 16:52:58)

http://192.168.1.1 <-- replace with your IP.

If you don't want downtime, you need to upload to the new host, and then change your DNS for your domain name.



coreybryant -> RE: Changing servers - for the novice! (12/31/2006 17:21:05)

You might ask you new hosting company if they provide temporary URL. Or check the control panel. A lot of times, this is the case. once everything propogates - make sure you publish again, especially if you are using any Frontpage components



FiberGuy -> RE: Changing servers - for the novice! (1/1/2007 9:04:20)

Thanks guys!

Now it seems the problem is out of my hands... FrontPage give the error FPSE not installed.

I don't have access to my web host control panel yet, so it will have to wait until Tuesday.

Thanks again and Happy New Year!

Cheers




womble -> RE: Changing servers - for the novice! (1/1/2007 10:01:58)

Have you tried accessing your control panel with the IP address? Usually with new domains I can access the cPanel using the IP address followed by the rest of the file path to the control panel.



BobbyDouglas -> RE: Changing servers - for the novice! (1/1/2007 15:29:54)

You can publish using FTP. This will put your files up on the site, and then you can later use the normal Publish feature. It's better to have a website online with broken FPSE components, than nothing at all.

Your FPSE will not work until you actually publish using FP though.



FiberGuy -> RE: Changing servers - for the novice! (1/1/2007 15:50:56)


quote:

Have you tried accessing your control panel with the IP address? Usually with new domains I can access the cPanel using the IP address followed by the rest of the file path to the control panel.


No, I haven't tried that. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "IP followed by the rest of the file path".

quote:

You can publish using FTP. This will put your files up on the site, and then you can later use the normal Publish feature. It's better to have a website online with broken FPSE components, than nothing at all.


Thanks Bobby... that's good to know!

Cheers




womble -> RE: Changing servers - for the novice! (1/1/2007 16:19:03)


quote:

ORIGINAL: FiberGuy


quote:

Have you tried accessing your control panel with the IP address? Usually with new domains I can access the cPanel using the IP address followed by the rest of the file path to the control panel.


No, I haven't tried that. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "IP followed by the rest of the file path".



The welcome email I get from one of the hosts I use when I set up a new domain always says:

quote:

This email contains all the details for your new account with us and enables you to start uploading your site immediately.

NOTE:
Until your domain name has fully propagated to your new account please substitute your domain name in the information below with this IP address: xxx.xxx.xx.xx

CONTROL PANEL
_______________________________
Your UK200 package comes with a web based control panel that enables you to manage most aspects of your hosting account, your login details are as follows:

URL: http://xxxxxxxxx.co.uk/cpanel/


So for example to upload my site before the domain name's propogated, the address I use would be 123.456.78.90/cpanel/



FiberGuy -> RE: Changing servers - for the novice! (1/1/2007 17:58:18)

That makes sense...

But no dice with my host! [:(]

I'll contact them tomorrow after the Holiday. I did finally manage to get my entire site FTP'd to the host after a few snags like "couldn't find port 21". It would stop every 15 minutes or so during the upload and give me that. I'd restart the upload and it would take off again. Irritating, but it made it through.

Thanks again!

Cheers




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