Switching servers....need help

Hi all,

I'm new to the site and new the design community; I hope you guys can help me with my problems. I apologize in advance if I don't state the question clear enough.

My question is, I have to move a website that I would like to move to a new server. I've copied all of the files on the current server and switched them over to the new server. This is the part I'm not familiar with, so please bare with me as I've never worked with asp files before...My problem is, I currently have an "asp" file as the "index" (index.aspx), for this website. After I've copied all of the old files onto the new server and tried to access the website using a web browser, I get an error message that says "FORBIDDEN. You tried to access a document for which you don't have privileges."

How would I go about fixing this? What would I need to do? This website has eCommerce on it, but we plan on updating the eCommerce’s using another company.

I just want to the site to get up and running just like it was before on the old server....

Has anyone run into this problem before?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help.

 

some hosts require you to manually reconfigure/chmod the directories to rrw.

If you use FTP client, simply right click on the folder/file and go to chmod or properties, and choose 777 or mark all tabs.

If you configure webbased, with cpanel, you can click on the file/folder name, and choose "change priv". I'm not familair with other panels.

Also make sure all files are intact and uploaded in Binary or ASCII format as you've done before. Make sure database are installed as well.

Some softwares, not sure about eCommerce require you to rerun the install or install.php so make sure you have all backed up before you do so.

 

Thanks for the respond,

I've tried that this but that didn't seem to do the trick , any other ideas?

 

just another shot

must have been
.htaccess file

I used to run a hosting company and i suspended an account. The user wants to move servers so I backup all his contents and reinstall at the new host, and it comes out as HOST SUSPENDED. and the cause is in .htaccess file. The attributes of .htaccess on my host overwrite the new host's.

If possible, delete or clear that file from your server and see how it goes.
Download that file as backup before you do so.

 

Alright I'll give that a try and let you know how it goes, thanks alot for your help. I really apprecaite it.

 

I couldn't find this file.....is there a specific spot I'm supposed to be looking for it?

Anyone else have any ideas?