Mae Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 I banged my head up against the computer last summer to create my website. A couple of weeks after I launched, my computer crashed. My computer was bought second-hand and already had FP loaded on it. That's what I used. Well, I lost FP when my computer crashed. I finally (too little time and too little money) ordered a copy of FP 2003. I have a few questions: 1. How do I save my website? I don't want to lose the content. I also want to transfer some of the content to a second website. 2. I want to take my old website and domain name and put a hold on it. I want to use it in the future for another venture. I plan to take it down, put up a page with a link to a new website. I need to purchase a second domain name and seperate hosting plan. I'm essentially wanting a commercial website. What do I need to do to keep both sites and both names? I don't want a sub domain. I actually want a completely different site. Does this make sense? Quote
stevevan Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 Didn't that hurt your head? Anyway, you can save your web site to your hard drive. I used to do that when I first started too. As far as your old website goes, you own the domain name (at long as you keep it paid up). All you need to do is set up a redirect to your new site. Quote
Mae Posted March 13, 2006 Author Posted March 13, 2006 Didn't that hurt your head? Anyway, you can save your web site to your hard drive. I used to do that when I first started too. As far as your old website goes, you own the domain name (at long as you keep it paid up). All you need to do is set up a redirect to your new site. If I buy a new domain name, do I need to buy another hosting package? Quote
TCH-Don Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 If you are keeping the other site yes you need another hosting package. Quote
Mae Posted March 13, 2006 Author Posted March 13, 2006 If you are keeping the other siteyes you need another hosting package. Ok...that's what I figured. Thanks!!! P.S. How do I save my website to my harddrive? Do I need to wait until I can load FP? I'm getting the 2003 version. I used 2000 to build it. Quote
stevevan Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 If you wanted to do it right now, there are several free FTP clients (programs) available. Check out this page. Quote
TCH-JimE Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Hello Mae, I would copy the files from your old website, save them somewhere, and then either zip them up for space saving and also burn them to a CD/DVD for a good backup JimE Quote
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