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So far I have written about how to “manually” switch hosting providers i.e. how to backup and restore the files. Following is the list of previous posts:

• Shift website hosting - part 1 (static site)
• Shift website hosting - part 2 (leftover emails)
• Shift website hosting - part 3(1) (dynamic sites, CMS)
• Shift website hosting - part 3 (2) (dynamic sites, Forums and Blogs)
• Shift website hosting - part 3(3) (dynamic sites, all types) - least downtime

There is another easier way to do this through cPanel.

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This is the 5th post in the series for shifting websites from one server to another. The earlier posts in this series were as follows:

1. Shift website hosting - part 1 (static site)
2. Shift website hosting - part 2 (leftover emails)
3. Shift website hosting - part 3 (1) (dynamic sites, CMS)
4. Shift website hosting - part 3 (2) (dynamic sites, Forums and Blogs)

In my last post I mentioned that series of manually transferring the sites was complete. But then I thought about this new way of transferring dynamic sites (with a database) with minimum downtime. Irrespetive of DNS propogation or DNS cache with ISPs, this method can transfer your dynamic sites almost instantly. Downtime will only last the amount of time you take in transferring the database from old hosting provider to new hosting provider. In my opinion, this is the most efficient way of transferring dynamic sites. Here are the steps.

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