Transferring Site/Files FTP to FTP, need a program

[njolakoski]

Whats a good program for this? I need to transfer my site from one hosting company to another.

[EXreaction]

FileZilla...

You will also need to make sure you backup the database and transfer it.

And when you do the transfers to a forum you have to update the cookie settings and settings in config.php to use the new database host and settings.

[njolakoski]

Quote:

Originally Posted by EXreaction

FileZilla...

You will also need to make sure you backup the database and transfer it.

And when you do the transfers to a forum you have to update the cookie settings and settings in config.php to use the new database host and settings.

How do I transfer the database Ex?

[jkrohn]

You will need to do exactly what he said, make a backup of the database, move it, then restore into the new database.

There are more steps and things you need to do depending on which DB you are using. Google it.

Jkrohn

[EXreaction]

http://php.about.com/od/learnmysql/s...l_backup_3.htm

For backup.

Restoring it may or may not take too much more work, depending on the version of phpMyAdmin you have.

Once you get the db backed up give me a message via MSN and I can help some more.

[lobo_pac]

how transfer with filezilla? i was trying earlier to do it before comeing here to search. i couldn't get it to connect to two different ftp sites. thanks.

[M_Six]

Old hosting company to your PC, then upload to new hosting company. I'm doing it now with my sites. Going from Hostony to Godaddy.

[lobo_pac]

i was hoping to skip my computer and transfer from ftp to ftp. i found another program that would connect to both, but it kept giving me errors. i'm downloading everything now...will upload tomorrow.

[elroy]

I've used WS_FTP Pro for years. It says on their website that it will do "server to server" transfers but I don't know how to do it.
http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/WS_FTP/