10 months ago i purchased this plan http://www.netfirms.com/max from netfirms hosting. Believe me it was a trap. I have a fully developed website on there servers now with a SQL database. There were issues with there service earlier but I thought I can carry on with this service. There are huge server downtimes Very Very Very Slow speeds etc etc. most of the time the pages dont even load. Now I have bought another account with another webhosting company and I am hosting a few of my sites on the other server. And now my package with netfirms is expiring so I thought I should move my site to other hosting. But I have tried this a hundred times I am unable to download my SQL database from netfirms. The server times out all the time. At this time I can not move my database I have sent a hundred emails to there but they never reply. I hope to get more tarffic to my site after I move it to a better server. Is there a way I can get out of this shit Hole.
I could help you do the SQL backup etc. Since you want to move already so I think it should be okay if you give me the username and password to you cPanel. I will then PM you the link where you can download your sql. If you worried that I get your password etc you can change it to a temp password (this would be nice)
Please try to backup your database at another ftp location. I mean buy a hosting account. Login to present host and send backup file directly to a folder at new host. For example, if you are familiar with cPanel, there is an option either to download backup on your own PC or send this to another server. I hope I am clear. One more thing - this is clear that this account cannot be cPanel migrated. Good luck. Toniya
Looks like there is: http://support.netfirms.com/idx.php/84/509/article/How-do-I-use-phpMyAdmin.html Although I have to admit that I would be trusting someone out of the blue like this. Gotta admit that the only real solution is to deal with support and try to have the issue raised to a higher support level. I tried netfirms once, was gone three days later, and wound up having to do a charge back on the credit card to get my money back. edit: With any host, before signing up I would google the company name followed by the word 'sucks' as in 'netfirm sucks' just to see what comes up. With me, I only get a single hit and that's that loon in Texas who I booted for spamming.
may be u need to try this once http://support.netfirms.com/idx.php...I-make-a-backup-copy-of-a-mySQL-database.html if u have ssh just dump the db and ftp that file to other hosting
I'm one of support team for SparkGate and I have experience this before as some client want to move to use and need help with transfer.
But yet when folks find out that I charge $7.95 a month/$50-60 a year, they're in major shock and point at companies like Netfirms with a "If they can do it, why can't you?!" Of course they can't. Companies like them are what give webhosting a bad name. Folks think that if one company provides bad service, they all do. At least they finally removed their "24/7 hour support" banner from their site. A "tech" there tried to tell me that since they receive support emails, that means they offer 24/7 support. Their support, last time I checked, was only 8/5 with weekends off.
I dont think it was a bad deal, for 20$ they give away 2 free domain names + 50$adwords +50 $facebook voucher +one year hosting I sold the adwords voucher for 8 $ and facebook voucher for 3$ here on DP. One of my domains which I got from this hosting is a PR1 now. Domain renewal is just 7$. Godaddy also charges you 7$ for renewals. This was my 1st time buying anything online. Previously I had my blogs hosted on Blogger. Yes there support + hosting really suck But trust me there are better hosting providers available for even cheaper price. e.g. magmahost.com gives 40 gb bandwidth for just 1$ a month $ 10 $/ year. I am currently using them and yes I am verymuch satisfied with there service and support. I will find way to solve this problem some how.
It's not a bad deal but look at it this way. If you saw a car for $20, what would you think? - For drug money - It's stolen - It belonged to the ex - There's three dead bodies in the back - There's no engine Is good gas mileage or comfortable ride or a clean repair bill anywhere in there? Nope. Also remember that with 2 domains, they're turning around and paying out $13 to Network Solutions to register those domains. That means $7 is actually paying for your hosting. (Not counting the vouchers) That's about 2 cents a day. Do you really think a company can survive on 2 cents a day per customer in today's tech market. Costs me about $145 to run a box for a month once I figure in support, electric, rack fees, backups, software costs, etc. That doesn't include debt service on the server either so it's even more than that. (I own my own servers.)
Thanks for trying everybody but my problem is finally solved. Thanks to Joomla there is a built in plugin in it which backsup your database plus automatically emails it on your email address. I feel free now.