Welcome back!

Finally, after considering host location, bandwith available and space provided, my blog has its new home now.  Wow, blog transfer process is not as difficult as I thought before. In this case, I use the same domain name and only move the web hosting to another provider.

Steps I used to move my blog from old host to the new one:

1. From the old host:

• Make a full backup for your blog (including mysql database) in compressed format (*.zip,*.gzip,*.gz) and download to your local harddrive.
• It’s better to extract the data for easy access.

2. From the new host:

• After registration on the new host, you will get a temporary address for the new blog.
• Login to your Control Panel and setup a fresh WordPress engine.
• Open your phpmyAdmin, select your new wp database and go to Import menu.
• Upload your old mysql dump file (*.sql) of the old host from step 1 and click Go.
• When finished, you already have your blog database moved.
• Now upload your old blog files (themes, plugins, image upload, etc) under directory wp-content to the new host using FTP or File Manager to the corresponding folder on your new blog directory (eg. all file under wp-content/themes should go to wp-content/themes too).

3. From the old host:

• If you used email hosting also, don’t forget to download your mail right now.
• Go to your domain manager and change the DNS to point to your new DNS as your provider gave you.
• Maybe your blog will not accessible for a while since it will take sometime to propagate your new DNS to the world wide web.

4. From the new host:

• When your blog has been accessible from your domain name, go to your blog Admin area and configure the blog to your old setting (theme used, plugins installed, etc).
• If you used email, go to your CPanel and set up some usernames used for email activity, so you won’t lost contact from the world.
• Your blog has moved to the new host!

5. Done.