Are there fast ways to transfer a site to a new host?
 

I used Filezilla, but it was slow, even for simple html pages. After that, I found a lightning fast utility called GoFTP. My host offered something called Web Disk, which would allow a person to drag and drop files from computer to remote as if the files were done via explorer.

Does anyone know any fast ways to upload a site to a new host? I have broadband, not a cable modem, and definitely not a T1 connection.

I know there are utilities out there that perform site ripping. But I don't know if there is anything that would do the inverse, so to speak.

You kind of confuse me with the way you explain things....

If your site is on a dedicated server "Or you have shell access" you could do a server
to server transfer. That would for sure be much faster than downloading and uploading again.

Also, it's probably not FileZilla that's slow, it will be your connection. FileZilla just does
what it is told. If the bandwidth is there it will use it.

Good luck.

Absolutely. Not only will that be much faster, but it will correctly transfer the files, including the
permissions (chmod) and ownership (chown) rather than just the contents of the files. Downloading
to a Windows desktop and uploading will lose al of the important metadata.

See the bottom half of this page:

https://www.bettercgi.com/cgi-bin/wi...o_A_New_Server

if you have cPanel on both sides - yes...
if no - than you'll have to do it all by hand...

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Thank you for your replies.

Yes, I heard about some hosts who will do server to server transfers. Unfortunately, that wouldn't work for me because my former host wouldn't allow me to access my site anymore. My pc crashed, and it had my login info on it. And because my former host and I had a disagreement, it wouldn't provide me with that info when I requested it. Lucky for me, I had true fans who kept signing up even though I hadn't updated my site in months. :)

Having said that, it seems I will have to stick with the FTP process. So HomerSimpson hit the nail on the head, and my former host put the nail in my site's coffin.

If you have cpanel it is very simple.

To find out just add a /cpanel after domain and if it pulls a username and password then you are fine. Next find a new hosting that uses cpanel like www.adult-website-hosting.com and tell them to do the transfer.

Most hosts will do it for you for free.

rsync is the way to go Very fast and secure.

Another vote for rsync over ssh.

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yeah, get your hosts to do it for you

the guys at way3.com did it for me - superb service as well

natasha
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