Changing Hosting From Yahoo!

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1 Issue 1 September, 2012 Changing Hosting From Yahoo! Change Hosting from Yahoo! in Nine Easy Steps! Moving your website shouldn t have to be a painful experience filled with confusion and downtime. Here are 9 easy steps to ensure a smooth transition from Yahoo! to AT&T Website Solutions AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc. AT&T, AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other trademarks are the property of their owners. This document is not an offer, commitment, representation or warranty by AT&T and is subject to change. Your Web Hosting service is subject to the Terms and Conditions (T&Cs), which may be found at Service terms and Fees are subject to change without notice. Please read the T&Cs for additional information AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

2 Contents Step 1: Planning... 3 Step 2: Back up your website!... 3 Using FileZilla... 4 Step 3: Sign up for your new AT&T Website Solutions hosting account Step 4: Uploading your website content... 6 Publishing your website with Microsoft FrontPage... 8 Step 5: Testing and previewing your website... 9 Step 6: Create your accounts... 9 Step 7: Change your Nameservers... 9 Step 8: Test your live website Step 9: Configure your client Where to find Help/Instructions How to Contact Support Submit a ticket by sales@att-webhosting.com Contact us by phone:... 11

3 Step 1: Planning Create a website move timeline to ensure that you follow all steps for a successful move of your website files over to Website Solutions. We also recommend informing your customers that you are changing your hosting provider especially if you run an ecommerce store. This helps assure your customers that you have not gone out of business in case your website files go down during the move. Offer an alternate address and let them know your phone number so they can contact you. Here is an example timeline: Day 1: - Back-up your current site to your computer. You will find how-to s beginning in step 2 of this document - Signup for your new Website Solutions plan. - Review the setup instructions that we will you upon signing up for your Website Solutions Plan. Day 2: - Upload your website content to Website Solutions. - Setup your accounts. - Preview and test uploaded content. - Change DNS to Website Solutions nameservers. Day 3: - Once DNS propagation is complete, test live site. - Configure client settings. (Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird) - Once everything is complete you can cancel your old service. Step 2: Back up your website! First, we suggest you create a folder on your Desktop called Website Backup. Simply right-click anywhere on your desktop and choose New -> Folder. Once you have created your Website backup folder, now you can use an FTP Program such as the free FileZilla to download your current site from your Yahoo! Small Business account to your Website Backup file on your computer s hard drive. * If you have developed your website using one of the Yahoo! site builder tools you will be required to recreate your website using EasySiteWizard Pro. EasySiteWizard Pro allows you to create a great looking website, you will have access to professionally designed templates that are geared for your business. We recommend going to your existing website and copying the text and pasting it into a Word document, this will allow you to use the same content in your new website. EasySiteWizard Pro will take your website to the next level, link your Facebook and Twitter accounts to your site, collect visitor information, display your photos in galleries to engage visitors and much more.

4 Using FileZilla To connect to an FTP server, enter your domain name into the host field of the Quickconnect bar (e.g. example.com - see image below) as well as your FTP Username and Password that you set up in your Yahoo! control panel. Once you have successfully connected, a list of your website files and directories/folders appear on the right side of the main window. The name of the current remote directory is listed in the Remote Site field on the top. The left side shows all the files/folders on your computer.

5 Transferring files To download your site to your Website Backup file on your computer, simply select all of the files and folders on the right side inside your public or public_html directory and drag them to the left side, to your Website Backup folder on your Desktop as displayed in the image below. Step 3: Sign up for your new AT&T Website Solutions hosting account. If you have not already done so, purchase your new hosting account with Website Solutions. DO NOT cancel your Yahoo! Small Business hosting account until you have tested and made sure that everything is moved to your Website Solutions account. Although you will have two hosting accounts working concurrently, this ensures the least amount of downtime. Once you have purchased your new Website Solutions account, make sure to get all of the relevant information you need to setup your website. Upon signing up, you will receive detailed setup instructions via with all the pertinent information you need. The following are the most important pieces of information you need:

6 - Logins for FTP, and control panel. You should have received this information in the Welcome that we sent you. If you do not have this information contact our support team at or by ing and we can have them resent. - Instructions on how to create/setup accounts. For instructions on how to setup your , access the help section in the EasyMail Setup application within the Website Solutions control panel or refer to the Managing document. - The name of your homepage. Additional information is below on how to name your homepage. - Nameserver/DNS information. Keep this information on-hand. AT&T Website Solutions nameservers are as follows: o 1st nameserver: ns1.att-websites.com o 2nd nameserver: ns2.att-websites.com Step 4: Uploading your website content Once your new Website Solutions account is created and you have the necessary uploading instructions, you can begin to upload your website content to your Website Solutions account. Make sure that all relevant files are uploaded into the Public directory and that home page is named index. We suggest using FTP to upload your files. To configure your FTP client, please use the following information: Host Name / Address: yourdomain.com User Name: yourdomain.com Password: your password Using as the Host Name will ensure that you can upload your website before your domain name s DNS propagates to our name servers. This allows you to preview your website s content before changing your nameservers. ***Please note that once DNS propagation is completed, your domain name will have to be used as the Host Name. You can upload your website by using the File Manager Pro application found in the control panel. With FileManager Pro you can select each file to upload them. Simply click on Upload then Browse. You ll then be able to select the files from your computer to upload.

7 You can also repeat step 2 of transferring your files in reverse order with the FTP client you used to download your website from your Yahoo! Small Business account, once you have connected to AT&T Website Solutions servers, simply select all of your website files in the left window and drag them to the public directory in the right window. Once connected, you will see the following directories: cgi-bin logs private public Any files (other than CGI scripts) that are to be viewed by the public should be placed in the "public" directory (or a subdirectory of "public"). CGI scripts must be placed in the "cgi-bin" directory. The first page, (your homepage), should be named either "index.htm", "index.html", "index.shtml", "index.phtml", "index.php", "index.wml", or "index.php3". The server will return the first index file it finds, regardless of any other files you have. Therefore, it is best to keep only one index file in your public directory to avoid confusion. Subsequent pages may be named whatever you wish, but the homepage must be named this way. If you want your home page to be titled differently from the above names, we recommend that you use the DirectoryIndex command in an.htaccess file. Alternatively, you can use a redirection script.

8 htaccess Redirect: DirectoryIndex filename.html JavaScript Redirection script: <head> <script language="javascript"> //redirect to default.htm function gonow() { location.href="default.htm" } </script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff text=# onload="gonow()"> Meta tag Redirection script: <head> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url= </head> <body> Publishing your website with Microsoft FrontPage If you are using Microsoft FrontPage for your website, make sure that you have activated the FrontPage extensions before publishing your site. This can be done by logging into the control panel and accessing the FrontPage Manager application. In FrontPage, from the "File" menu choose the "Publish Web" option. You will be prompted to provide a URL to publish your website files to. After specifying the address to publish to (in the form of "yourdomain.com"), you have the choice of publishing the entire website, or just the pages that have been changed. If you are publishing for the first time, choose "Publish all pages." Important notes: Publish your site using FrontPage's "Publish Web" function. Your publishing address is your domain name (in the form of "yourdomain.com"). FrontPage extensions disable regular FTP access along with the following applications: Ad Manager, Business Card, Plug-in Scripts, File Manager, Database Manager and Website Security. Once your website is published, use a browser and check to make sure all your changes occurred. If they haven't, try refreshing your browser and clearing the Temporary Internet Files (cache) before

9 making further changes to your site. In Internet Explorer, this is done by going to "Tools," "Internet Options." On the General tab under "Temporary Internet Files" click "Delete Files." Step 5: Testing and previewing your website Now it s time to test your website using the preview URL to make sure that everything works seamlessly as it should. This is a great way to identify and troubleshoot any configuration differences between hosts. To preview your site before changing nameservers simply go to the following URL: Step 6: Create your accounts Log into your Website Solutions control panel and create all the same accounts that you currently use. Once you have logged into the control panel, click EasyMail Setup and click on Create a new account and follow the steps to configure your accounts. We recommend keeping the passwords the same to minimize any client settings changes if your company uses programs such as Outlook to send and receive . From the EasyMail Setup application you can also setup Auto responders, Spam Filtering, Aliases and Forwarding options. Step 7: Change your Nameservers Once you have tested your website and are satisfied with the results, contact your domain registrar or log into their domain management system to change the nameservers from Yahoo! Small Business to AT&T Website Solutions. In their domain management system, look for the DNS or Nameservers option and replace the current nameservers with the following: 1st nameserver: ns1.att-websites.com 2nd nameserver: ns2.att-websites.com Most registrars will then ask you to confirm the changes via an sent to the administrative contact for the domain. It is very important that this address is always kept up-to-date to avoid any potential disruptions in service. Any modifications to domain names generally take between hours to process. This process is called DNS propagation, which is the amount of time it takes nameservers around the world to update their DNS tables to see your new domain s settings.

10 To view the status of your domain name, simply do a simple whois lookup. This can be done by going to the following URL: Your DNS propagation is completed when the ns1 and ns2 services read as they do in circled area within the image below: Step 8: Test your live website Once you have confirmed that DNS propagation is complete through a whois lookup, we recommend that you test your website again to ensure that your website is up and running how it should be. If you are having trouble please contact our technical support team that is available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can contact them toll free at or by ing support@websites.attmail.com. Step 9: Configure your client The last step in changing hosts is to change your client settings to reflect your new settings (please refer to Managing document). Remember to replace "username" with your actual e, and replace "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain name. Mail Account (can be any label): username@yourdomain.com Address: username@yourdomain.com Reply Address: username@yourdomain.com Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: mail.yourdomain.com

11 Incoming Mail (POP/IMAP) Server: mail.yourdomain.com Logon using Account Name: username.yourdomain.com Following these 9 steps will ensure that you have a worry free website move to AT&T Website Solutions. Once all 9 steps have been completed successfully and your website and are working properly, then and only then would you cancel your old hosting service with Yahoo!. It is critical that you keep both your old and new hosting accounts running concurrently during your website account move to AT&T Website Solutions as you will need to check your from both hosts. Some ISP s and hosting providers will direct to your old host, while others will begin sending to your new host earlier as a result of propagation times. Canceling before the steps are followed can result in unwanted downtime for both your website and s. Where to find Help/Instructions AT&T Website Solutions includes a number of applications and tools that you can use on your website. Help/Instructions on how to use each of these features are located in the top right of your control panel. For specific help for each application together with instructions, select the application you want in the control panel and click the help button in the top right corner. How to Contact Support Submit a ticket by sales@att-webhosting.com For support issues, please also include a step-by-step on how to replicate your problem including your operating system, browser type and version, and any links and login information that may be needed to duplicate and correct the reported issue. Contact us by phone: You may also reach us by dialing WEB.HOST ( ). Our Technical Support staff is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; choose the tech support option. Our billing group is available Monday - Friday 8 a.m. 8 p.m. (Eastern); select the billing option. All questions concerning billing, renewal or cancellation should be directed here. Our sales staff is available Monday Friday 8 a.m. 8 p.m. (Eastern); select the sales option. International customers may reach us by calling