TRANSFERRING YOUR WEB SITE

If you have a copy of your website on your computer then it is relatively easy to upload the site to your SmallPond server space.

Work out the size of your website and match it to a SmallPond Plan - allow space for future expansion and mailboxes.

All relevant details (username, password, FTP details) are sent in the SmallPond "Account Activation" email.

Your steps would be:

1. Open a hosting account
2. Upload your website using the details supplied in the Hosting activation email
3. Duplicate any existing/active POP3 mailbox accounts on your new SmallPond Hosting space
4. Change the DNS of your Domain Name - (DNS details supplied in activation email)
5. Instigate a domain transfer using your Domain Secret/Authority Code
6. Authorise the transfer request and wait for the process to be completed

The advantages of having your own domain and website compared to one hosted on a free space :

• A more professional image using your domain name
• No onsite Adds
• Better search engine recognition (Google Crawler Robot)
• Dedicated email facilities.
• Better portability

If you did not build your website, things that cause difficulty in transfer are : specialist scripts such as shopping carts, SQL databases, non standard html etc. There is no script to automatically to move these files as they are stored in different locations.

If your site was built using an online builder such as yahoo site builder, gmail.com etc then problems will arise with migration.

If you built your site using MS FrontPage then FrontPage permissions must be activated in your CPanel and your domain live to the SmallPond servers before you can upload

SmallPond cannot supply programmers to transfer sites.

If you think your html site will transfer OK, please check with SmallPond before applying for Hosting.

POINTING YOUR DOMAIN NAME AT YOUR SMALLPOND HOSTING SPACE
(Altering the Domain Name Servers - DNS)

You need to be able to access your domain administrative area.

The domain administration section located on your Domain Registrar's website.
Enter your login details
(issued to you when you registered your domain name).
Once inside your Domain Admin area you will be able to alter the Domain Name Servers to point to the SmallPond Servers

SmallPond DNS details are sent in the SmallPond "Account Activation" email.

TRANSFERRING YOUR DOMAIN NAME - click here

EMAIL

You will need to set up Email facilities on the SmallPond server space that match the accounts on the previous host. Support is available for this