Website Migration
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Q: What does the website migration service entail? Will my web site be secure?
A: If your current web hosting provider can no longer meet the demands of your site, or if you experience continuous network downtime, or if you are made to wait for hours for the help desk staff to reply to you, it may be smart to swap your web hosting provider, i.e. to migrate all the files for your sites together with your databases from your current provider to your future provider. At SoftwareDIY, we know that this can often be hard & time–consuming. That is why we will do all that for you at no cost!Our highly proficient technical staff will transfer your site content from your current web hosting provider to us. Our techs have got lots of experience migrating web sites and are able to handle everything – from a conventional WordPress–powered weblog or Joomla™–driven web site, to an extremely elaborate, custom–made app.
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Q: How much time will it take for my website to be moved to your platform?
A: While we can’t give you an exact time window, since there are a lot of variables, including the size of the files and databases, the physical location of the current host’s server, the complexity of your web site and the current workload of our Website Migration Department, etc., we’ll give our very best to migrate your site within 48 hours, and in certain cases – within 24 hours (if the content is not large).
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Q: My personal privacy is important to me. What details do you require?
A: We will require the login information for your current hosting provider’s Control Panel along with the site’s name (domain name).
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Q: I give you access to delicate info. How can I be sure that you won’t misuse it?
A: Our Privacy Policy is an inseparable part of the contract that we will have with you as a client. We’re committed to safeguarding the security of the private information gathered from the customers. To accomplish that, we use technical security measures so as to avoid the loss, the misapplication, the alteration or the unlawful disclosure of the personal info under our control. The security measures include, but are not limited to: physical, digital and administrative procedures to protect and secure the details that we acquire online. When we ask customers to supply financial info (for example, a debit card number), this info is shielded using the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption technique.
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Q: Will my website be unavailable during the transfer?
A: No. Your website will continue to be reachable online during the transfer. As soon as everything is completed on our end, we will let you know so that you can examine it and check for problems. If everything’s okay, all you will have to do is edit your domain’s DNS records.
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Q: Will my present hosting provider need to provide any info/help?
A: Nope. We’ll never contact your web hosting provider about anything at all. They will not be aware of the website migration either.
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Q: Which hosting platforms do you support?
A: Yup. We support all common Linux–powered hosting platforms. We don’t support Windows–driven web hosting platforms, as we don’t offer Windows web hosting services ourselves.In addition, we do not support proprietary website creation and management tools such as Wix, BaseKit, Jimdo, Website Tonight, Four Square, Mr Site, etc.