Comments on: How To Move A Website Without Any Downtime

By: Stephan

Stephan — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:44:31 +0000

A good idea is to forward the old site to the new site during the domain propagation. That way you know for sure people will instantly see the new site and – more important – use the new database. So in that case during this 24 -48 hour period, visitors to your domain with either be taken to your new hosting account by it self or redirected to it by your old hosting account.

By: Mister Waster

Mister Waster — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:01:11 +0000

Thanks for this, helped me.

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By: Ovidiu Liuta

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:07:27 +0000

I might add that adjusting the TTL(time to live) values from your original site before moving will help with the DNS propagation after, and can take less than 10 minutes for the name server to propagate after the DNS move

Cheers

By: Jameson

Jameson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:17:33 +0000

think you should mention that during those 48hours you will have two databases.
People that visit your site during those 48hours might either go to the old server’s database or the new server’s database. If they happen to go to the old one, their data will not be visible once the propagation is done.

By: dave nava

dave nava — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:53:06 +0000

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By: Veronica Brooks

Veronica Brooks — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:02:54 +0000

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By: Per

Per — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:46:19 +0000

We will set up a “we’re moving” page on the old server during the move and let people go to the new IP address (unique IP is recommended), once the propagation is done they will no longer see that page since they will go to the new server.
Also we have copied all the databases, pictures, etc 2-3 days before the move so the day of the move we only need to copy very little data and the downtime should be in minutes and not hours or days.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:03:21 +0000

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By: Veronica Brooks

Veronica Brooks — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:49:47 +0000

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By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:09:39 +0000

Indeed. That may happen. Of course, most times DNS propagation is super fast, so that leave less time for the databases to be out of sync. (So it’s great to do the switch during a low-traffic time for your website. Such as late night or over the weekend.)

And if there is information that does get added to the old database, you could easily add those items to the database after the move.

By: Per

Per — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:29:04 +0000

I think you should mention that during those 48hours you will have two databases.
People that visit your site during those 48hours might either go to the old server’s database or the new server’s database. If they happen to go to the old one, their data will not be visible once the propagation is done.

By: neil

neil — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:09:26 +0000

great article, no website downtime is not only important for the potential clients, but also with regards to search engine optimisation. definately worth a read for anyone transferring hosts