Extreme Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 I have a friend who has experienced a shoddy experience with his current host and i am showing him TCH as you all have always gone above and beyond for me. So i am starting this thread so we can do our homework He is located in the UK and i am not sure if that means anything when hosting. About a good 80% of all the members on te site are actually in Europe and i was also curious if this effected things with the distance. Bandwidth wise. I had another friend create an account and site with TCH and they have a $5 a month plan but i dont seem to see that one listed...does it exist? Is there a discount for paying a full year in advance? *ran out of questions for the moment* Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 He is located in the UK and i am not sure if that means anything when hosting. No. About a good 80% of all the members on te site are actually in Europe and i was also curious if this effected things with the distance. Bandwidth wise. No. I had another friend create an account and site with TCH and they have a $5 a month plan but i dont seem to see that one listed...does it exist? That must be the silver plan. Is there a discount for paying a full year in advance? From the billing help page, "Prepay for one year on any web hosting plan (excluding reseller plans), and receive the last month of service free!" Quote
Extreme Posted October 25, 2008 Author Posted October 25, 2008 i learned alot since first begining my site a year ago...and i still suck at searching Quote
Extreme Posted October 26, 2008 Author Posted October 26, 2008 hmmm... During the Xfer i would imagine that there will be some dead time. How long are we potentially looking at if there is a xfer that is cPanel to cPanel? Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 You can expect 24-72 hours for propagation. Quote
Extreme Posted October 26, 2008 Author Posted October 26, 2008 i would imagine there would be a name server change since the site is now hosted with another host. Quote
Extreme Posted October 27, 2008 Author Posted October 27, 2008 here is an important few. can the site at the other host be up and running thru the whole process. Can members post to the original forum on the original site during xfer will the original host be aware of this process Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 If the site is left active until propagation users will hit one or the other depending on which DNS server they use. So the answer to your question is yes, it can be up and running but the database entries made on the old site will be lost once propagation is final. Will the other host know? Maybe. Quote
Extreme Posted October 27, 2008 Author Posted October 27, 2008 im just trying to make this very painless for my friend. Thru phpbb we can move the posts and set who the poster is, but we just want to ake sure the site is not dead for a very long ammount of time Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 24 - 72 hours, can't get around the propagation. But as I said, both sites will be active once you start the process. Quote
Extreme Posted October 27, 2008 Author Posted October 27, 2008 sounds good... *goes back to pondering more questions* Quote
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2008 Posted November 5, 2008 I'm helping a friend with a similar situation, except their site is pretty simple -- no bb or anything. If I set up a hosting plan with TCH and build the same site, then wait a few days before switching the DNS info, will this then provide seamless email service for the existing accounts? Thanks! Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted November 5, 2008 Posted November 5, 2008 Email is the slowest to change over. They will receive email at both the new/old addresses for up to 72 hours. At least that's been my experience. They should create new accounts using IP address for the mail server if known until all mail stops at the old host at which time they should switch their email server back to the domain name. Another option is on the old host to forward any email received to an external email address like a GMail address. Quote
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2008 Posted November 5, 2008 Thanks, Bruce -- I appreciate your help! Quote
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