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Author Topic: Switching from Windows hosting to Basic  (Read 8213 times)
memilanuk
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« on: May 19, 2011, 11:51:35 AM »

Hello all,

New guy here! 

I've been asked to take over working on a site for a non-profit org that I'm a part of.  I'm not a professional by any means, just the only one with any relevant experience (working with html/css/php on another site) ...

Anywho, the site that I'm 'inheriting' is on a Windows-hosted account, and someone previously set it up for dotnetnuke.  Given that all my limited experience is with Linux/Apche/PHP/MySQL, this puts me at somewhat of a loss as to what files do what, what can be tossed, what *has* to stay, etc.

So far as I can tell, the actual site itself consists of about 6-7 pages, and a directory for storing images used in those pages.  I don't *think* they are using anything from dotnetnuke... I think they are just using plain html/css as far as I can tell.

Since I'm the one tasked with running this thing, I've gotten essentially blanket permission to do what needs done to make it workable for me to update and maintain.  As such, I'm strongly leaning towards having the account switched over to a Basic plan - I have zero desire to learn anything .Net related, and it'd be a tad cheaper in the long run anyways.  The only caveats are they don't want any (significant) down time if there is a swap over, and they want to retain the web-based emails associated with the account.

So... I guess my question is this:  if I contact Lunar Pages customer support about switching over to a Basic account, what could/should I expect?  How much or how little will they (LP) migrate over?  I plan on making a backup (pretty much the first thing I did when I got login access was mirror the site directory via ftp, but I'll do it again just to be sure) before hand, but will the account be essentially 'wiped clean' and there will be *nothing* on the site until I get things uploaded and sorted out?  Thats actually not a bad thing, assuming I'm right about what files I really *need* out of the several *thousand* littering that site directory...  Will the web email accounts be affected at all?

TIA,

Monte
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darkwolf
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2011, 09:58:47 PM »

Hello,

A move from windows hosting to linux hosting can be done, however please note that you will need to move any files and and any emails that are saved on the server (such as if they are using IMAP) will not be able to be moved.

You will want to make sure that the site does not require anything windows specific such as ASP.NET, mssql, or access databases.

Generally when you submit a request for a change, you will get the following in reply (do not reply to this here):

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We can convert your Windows account to a Linux account. However, you will need to transfer files, and data manually between the 2 accounts, and upload them to the new account once activated.

Please confirm you understand this.

A pro rated amount for the time remaining on your current account will be applied to the new account and any difference in cost will be charged (or refunded if this is the case) to the payment method on file for your account.

On the Basic plan you have the following payment options:

60 months @ 4.95 per month = 297.00 Free Setup!
24 months @ 6.95 per month = 166.80 Free Setup!
12 months @ 8.95 per month = 107.40 Free Setup!
6 months @ 9.95 per month + 30.00 setup = 89.70
3 months @ 10.95 per month + 30.00 setup = 62.85

Please note that setup fees are not charged for changing accounts.

We will also need the following:

For security purposes to confirm you are the account holder, please provide the following:

Plesk username or the primary domain on the account:
Last 4 digits of the credit card on file:

This request is for security reasons only.

If you do not have a credit card on file for your account, please provide:

Plesk username or the primary domain on the account:
First and last characters of the password on file:
Your full postal mailing address:
Telephone number:

Please confirm that you have downloaded all files and content so you can upload them to the new account. Once all of this has been confirmed, we can proceed to switch the account.

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All of the above information will be needed before the change could take place.

Troy
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memilanuk
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2011, 07:58:51 AM »

Thanks... we already switched over about a week ago.
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