About Site Moving Day

Site Moving Day is a small reference on moving a website to a new host or a new platform. It follows a move from start to finish: working out what you have, copying it, keeping old links alive, testing, switching over and checking afterwards.

It's written for people who run a site but aren't technical. Sentences are short. Each new word is explained the first time it appears. The pictures are drawn for this site.

The notes draw on official help pages from search and web-standards organisations, on software documentation, and on Wikipedia. Each note lists its sources at the bottom, and the facts link to them. Where a note uses one platform as an example, it's only an example. This site doesn't review or rank hosts or platforms.

Some topics are left out on purpose. Transferring the domain name between registrars, the details of DNS records, hosting types, and switching email each need their own space.

Hosting control panels and tools change. Check your own host's help pages for the exact steps.

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