i have uploaded my website on heliohost iam completely bugged up with that hosting service i need to change it to x10hosting service is there any way by which i could changd the webhosting service without any data loss
database can be done but all the work like backup and restore is very complicated helio host allows any name for database say my db name is kdh_d. but in x10hosting that underscore is not allowed what to do
First off, take a few deep breaths. I've been through this several times myself. What you need to do requires a bit of attention, but it really isn't that bad. I'll assume you're using MYSQL for your database, unless you state otherwise, but the steps should be the same: 1) Make a copy of our original database (SQL) file. File the original DB away for safe keeping. 2) Create your new database, using your host's allowed prefix. 3) Using the copy of your database that you created in Step 1, Do a "search and replace" . Typically, the actual Joomla database itself doesn't use the db prefix directly, but check anyway. Take your time and make sure you don't accidentally change something you didn't mean to. When done, upload this file to your server (via PHPMYADMIN or some such) 4) Now, go to your Joomla configuration file. Within that file, you will see all of your db connection information, including db prefix and name. Change that file as needed to correspond to your new server. 5) Finish uploading your new site, and test thoroughly to make sure everything now works as it should. That should take care of you. Just take your time and focus. You should be fine.
Or you could just use JoomlaPack. It's free and does the whole job for you. I've used it on over 100 sites without problem. Cheers, J.