Domain renewal & a MySQL enquiry

[Satoriguru]

I'm considering moving my web hosting to Gold cPanel hosting at eukhost.co.uk.

Q1: If I move my domain names to eUKHost, do you handle all the renewals of the names, and bill me in good time? Or is it up to me to renew on time?

Q2: I intend to move one MySQL database (a WordPress blog). In the MySQL configuration, can I keep all the existing user fields (database name|user name|password|description) and only change the 'host name' field to reflect the move to EUKHost.co.uk? At the moment that field contains a number and the name of my current host. Would it affect the database if that entry were changed?

In an ideal world, I'd like to minimise changes and just unpack the the existing database tables to a new MySQL engine with the least fuss possible!

The best of all possible bests,

Satoriguru

[Rock]

I'm considering moving my web hosting to Gold cPanel hosting at eukhost.co.uk.

Q1: If I move my domain names to eUKHost, do you handle all the renewals of the names, and bill me in good time? Or is it up to me to renew on time?

Yes, if your account is set to auto-bill/auto-pay, there would be no delays in renewals or invoice payments. You need to get in touch with our Billing Dept to get this done on your account.

Q2: I intend to move one MySQL database (a WordPress blog). In the MySQL configuration, can I keep all the existing user fields (database name|user name|password|description) and only change the 'host name' field to reflect the move to EUKHost.co.uk? At the moment that field contains a number and the name of my current host. Would it affect the database if that entry were changed?

In an ideal world, I'd like to minimise changes and just unpack the the existing database tables to a new MySQL engine with the least fuss possible!

The best of all possible bests,

Satoriguru

If you can provide us the complete details of your account on your existing hosting, we can create similar usernames so that only the hostname needs to be changed in the database connections. If you can open up a support ticket, along with all the necessary details, we can perform the migration for you

[Satoriguru]

Thanks for your clear and rapid reply, Rock.
I'll start preparations to move hosting to eUK.

[Rock]

Thanks for your clear and rapid reply, Rock.
I'll start preparations to move hosting to eUK.

You're welcome

[Satoriguru]

I'd forgotten about WordPress's Import / Export function, which might make the transit even simpler.
What do you think of the method below?

Use WordPress’ Built-In Import

WordPress features a built-in import to facilitate the process of moving content from one blog to another. And there are only three steps that you need to follow to get you blog up and running.

1. Create an export file. On your own blog, navigate to ‘Export’ and create a WordPress export file. This is a special XML files which will contain your posts, pages,comments, custom fields, categories, and tags.
2. Install WordPress on your new host. You will now need to create a working installation of WordPress on your new host. And be sure to upload your entire wp-content directory to the new installation.
3. Import the WordPress export files. Now, navigate to ‘Import’ on the new installation and upload the export file that you created in step 1. And that’s it! Your website should be completely functional.

It might be worth trying before the DNS change. Just to learn whether it works or not.

Would cPanel and Fantastico get in the way?

[Rock]

Yes, this would be possible. Once you backup/export the data from your existing/live WP-blog, you need to point the DNS of your local machine to our server, such that the site points to our server. You can check this link for more info. Once done, you need to install the WP-blog either through Fantastico or manually [it's a simple 2 step process] & restore the backup content taken from the earlier hosting server. This will ascertain that all the database entries are setup properly as a working blog should do Please let us know if you need any further assistance with this..

[MonkeysBitMe]

Yes, if your account is set to auto-bill/auto-pay, there would be no delays in renewals or invoice payments. You need to get in touch with our Billing Dept to get this done on your account.If you can provide us the complete details of your account on your existing hosting, we can create similar usernames so that only the hostname needs to be changed in the database connections. If you can open up a support ticket, along with all the necessary details, we can perform the migration for you

In otherwords, they're two steps ahead of you... just pick a package and migrate to a better world for your sites.