Percivellian
First Post
I figured: "Hey, EN World is full of intelligent, helpful people with a wide knowledge base, it certainly can't hurt to seek aid here."
And so here I am. I'll outline the situation as clearly as I can, though please note that my technical savvy is limited to a single PHP class in high school, and what I've picked up through osmosis, basically.
A friend and I took over administration duties over at a discussion forum about a year ago. Since then, we've had some fairly significant problems with our server (the forum has actually been down for the last month and a half because of it) and we are looking to switch. This is where our problems/uncertainties begin to arise:
Neither of us has ever transferred a website to a different server before. Finding a spot to move to doesn't seem to be a huge issue, but what's involved in getting everything moved over entirely, and safely is a bit of a grey area to my friend, and completely unknown to myself.
We 'inherited' the site from previous owners/coders and we have had some issues with our code not being entirely up to date. I figure there's more than a few things we'll have to go in and tweak to make everything compatible, but getting a heads up as to what is needed to make a transition as smooth as possible would be greatly appreciated.
If you need more specific information, please email me: secondarytwo@hotmail.com
Basically, we're looking for as much of a guide to this process as possible, as it's difficult to train ourselves amidst busy lives/university schedules. Even some direction to some good educational resources would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
~Percy
And so here I am. I'll outline the situation as clearly as I can, though please note that my technical savvy is limited to a single PHP class in high school, and what I've picked up through osmosis, basically.
A friend and I took over administration duties over at a discussion forum about a year ago. Since then, we've had some fairly significant problems with our server (the forum has actually been down for the last month and a half because of it) and we are looking to switch. This is where our problems/uncertainties begin to arise:
Neither of us has ever transferred a website to a different server before. Finding a spot to move to doesn't seem to be a huge issue, but what's involved in getting everything moved over entirely, and safely is a bit of a grey area to my friend, and completely unknown to myself.
We 'inherited' the site from previous owners/coders and we have had some issues with our code not being entirely up to date. I figure there's more than a few things we'll have to go in and tweak to make everything compatible, but getting a heads up as to what is needed to make a transition as smooth as possible would be greatly appreciated.
If you need more specific information, please email me: secondarytwo@hotmail.com
Basically, we're looking for as much of a guide to this process as possible, as it's difficult to train ourselves amidst busy lives/university schedules. Even some direction to some good educational resources would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
~Percy