3. If you are considering leaving your current host you
probably have issues you are not happy with. Look for a
host that can eliminate these issues, give your website all
the features it needs, and evaluate as much as possible so
you can stay with the new host for the long-term. Some
things you may want to consider when choosing a host
are:
12. Now you can upload all the files to the new server or web
host. If you saved the HTML information from your source
page you may be able to just enter the information and be
done. You need to test the site to make sure the new IP
address is working and make possible adjustments to
coding (depending on the server situation). Although it
may be a tedious job, you need to check every page, every
link, every image, and the formatting on your website.
19. Leave your old web hosting account open for at least a
couple of weeks and if possible an entire month. This will
help you make sure you are receiving all your emails that
may be switched around during the transfer and it will be
a backup if there are problems with the DNS servers. Once
things are working smoothly and reliably you can cancel
the old web host.