Transfering a site.

I bought a couple of sites but I have no idea how to "move them to my server". Can someone tell me? I've contacted my host and asked them but they said to ask someone else. It's $12.00 just to ask the people they wanted me to ask & another $15.00 for their services and it's not guarenteed they know how to do it.

 

What type of site are you transferring?

 

I have a forum about mobiles & an image hosting site.

 

Does that hosting provide any backup tools, try them if not then manual procedure.

download that site using FTP.
backup the DB Server if any and download the SQL script.

on your hosting server create account for this site if you are using any control panel, other wise do what you are used to

upload the site on your server
create the database.
update configuration files if any.

and enjoy the new location.

 

I always wondered about this too.

If I sell a site, how am I going to "send" it to the buyer?

 

Yh, I only know how to send domains. Not even well.

 

Send me a PM with the details, I'll helpya.

 

lol I see words, that's it. I'm completely new to this. The n00b of all n00bs so I don't understand any of that.

 

What details do you need?

 

Cpanel/FTP details for the site on the existing servers and your new hosting.

 

Sent you a PM. Hopefully you're not going to sleep soon. I'm getting bugged daily to move it.

 

Just give me about 30 minutes to move it.