I previously purchased these 5 sites in haste, not thinking about the ramifications, and looking for advice: http://www.coolbluevision.com (wordpress platform - older version) http://www.buytrips.info http://www.thinktowealth.com (wordpress platform - older version) http://www.theretirementwebsite.com (wordpress platform - older version) http://www.topgiftcardsonline.com (wordpress platform - older version) http://www.cheapcameras.ws All were purchased from the same guy who I did not realize hosts these sites: http://www.host-wire.net And as you will notice, the CheapCameras site has a line of code at the top of the page I can't fix because simply put....I DIDN'T BUILD any of these sites. When the CheapCameras site unexpectedly exceeds it "bandwidth" I write to Host-Wire and get not response and when I first discovered this line of code at the top of CheapCameras, was told there would be an extra fee to "fix" it. Here is my questions: #1. I do have Cpanel access for these but is there a way to successfully move all of these OFF the Host-Wire.net server? #2. If I can move these, what is required by me to do as a first step? It's really a mess...and I was told that the Host-Wire.net rates don't offer much plus buying sites that are hosted by the same seller are usually a scam. I do own all the domains and are registered in my name at GoDaddy. Any feedback, comments, suggestions, advice, help and / or constructive criticism would be appreciated. I initially bought these hoping to benefit from AdSense monetization and the other ads appearing on them, not to mention having to buy BuildANicheStore (BANS) software AFTER I had purchased CheapCameras . . . which was a separate purchase.
Login to GoDaddy, navigate to ;Domain Management' (or whatever it's called), highlight the domains and click the button that relates to 'Change nameservers'. Prior to this you need to set up new hosting, which will give you a new set of nameservers to use during the process I outlined above. But first and foremost backup all of the files and databases that are on your current host before changing hosts.
dlb: So far as is concerned, keep in mind, I did not build these as I purchased them "as is" from the person owning the host service. Nothing exists on my hard drive on my end....so I have to ask: "what would your first step be?" thank you...
To access the files you will need an FTP program (I'd recommend to Open source program - FileZilla). You will need to know the FTP host name (usually ftp.yourdomain.com) as well as the FTP username and password. Once you're logged in via FTP I would create a folder on your own computer (I usually go with the simple 'backup' naming), right click on every folder which contains your sites files (I assume each site will have its own folder, it usually does) and select 'Download'. This will download each website into its own folder and could take awhile depending on your connection speed, the speed of the host or the number of files. That is it for backing up the files... The next is the database's, which i'm not sure you will even have. To check if you have any databases - login to the cPanel and browse around for a link titled 'PHP MyAdmin'. Click that, and in the top-left corner there should be a drop-down menu... If any items are listed here these are your databases... Google 'how to backup a MySQL database' for the next steps. Good luck!
You're in over your depth. Why did you buy all these sites if you don't even know how to set up hosting?
Do all what dlb suggests and then get another webhost and use the same FTP program to reupload these sites to your new host. After that you'll need to update the DNS (Domain Name Servers). This change will allow for your domain names to be pointing to your new webhost. If you need some more help PM me.