site move
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:17 pm
Ok, I've been busy testing out cloudatcost.com with the possibility of moving the site over there. IIRC we have until Sept 22 to move or pay another $350 (plus tax?) to Siteground.
I signed up for a Developer 2 host, only paid for one month at a mere $10 plus tax. I figured it was worth the risk to test it out. If we move we can buy it out for $70. If it doesn't perform well enough we can upgrade to Developer 3 for another $70. Still, it's way cheaper than Siteground and worth the risk. Having our own host is better in a lot of ways too, gives us a better idea what's going on with the site and the ability to make it run better, control over mail, and other stuff.
You can check it out at http://dev.brewnosers.org/forums" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There's some broken images but I'm tired of trying to figure out why / where they're hardcoded to "www.brewnosers.org" even though I have the board set to otherwise. So don't worry about that, the images are there.
Moving the site needs to be done in steps. Siteground hosts our actual domain registry as well so I'd like to transfer it to another registrar that I use. I have no idea what Siteground charges for that but their interface sucks ass. I'd use domainsatcost.ca (about $14 per year) and host the DNS at Amazon. If we decide to move I'd like to do this as soon as possible. That way I can lower the TTL (time to live) on the www record and we can leave Siteground without worry that they'll mess us up.
I have a script on the cloudatcost host that dumps a couple databases (wordpress one too), sync up the site files, and loads the new database on the other end. This means we can move the site pretty quick when we go to do it.
I also don't want to do this too hung over or right before Hoptoberfest. I should be ok by Sunday evening lol.
So, what do you all say?
It's really about money at this point I think. I already have too much time into this as well.
-Rob
I signed up for a Developer 2 host, only paid for one month at a mere $10 plus tax. I figured it was worth the risk to test it out. If we move we can buy it out for $70. If it doesn't perform well enough we can upgrade to Developer 3 for another $70. Still, it's way cheaper than Siteground and worth the risk. Having our own host is better in a lot of ways too, gives us a better idea what's going on with the site and the ability to make it run better, control over mail, and other stuff.
You can check it out at http://dev.brewnosers.org/forums" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There's some broken images but I'm tired of trying to figure out why / where they're hardcoded to "www.brewnosers.org" even though I have the board set to otherwise. So don't worry about that, the images are there.
Moving the site needs to be done in steps. Siteground hosts our actual domain registry as well so I'd like to transfer it to another registrar that I use. I have no idea what Siteground charges for that but their interface sucks ass. I'd use domainsatcost.ca (about $14 per year) and host the DNS at Amazon. If we decide to move I'd like to do this as soon as possible. That way I can lower the TTL (time to live) on the www record and we can leave Siteground without worry that they'll mess us up.
I have a script on the cloudatcost host that dumps a couple databases (wordpress one too), sync up the site files, and loads the new database on the other end. This means we can move the site pretty quick when we go to do it.
I also don't want to do this too hung over or right before Hoptoberfest. I should be ok by Sunday evening lol.
So, what do you all say?
It's really about money at this point I think. I already have too much time into this as well.
-Rob
Let me know if I can help Rob.
