Switching from Free hosting to Paid Hosting

[aaruni]

Hey Guys,
I have an active SMF based forum set up on free hosting from Free Web Hosting with PHP, MySQL and cPanel, No Ads . If in future, I want to switch from free hosting to paid hosting, will I have to create a new domain name? If I have to shift URL, what is the way?

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Do you already have your domain name mapped with Free Hosting?
In that case just mapping your Domain name with your new hosting A/c will do.

Otherwise if you are using Free Domain name provided by your Free Hosting provider, then you need to get a Domain name too.

 

[aaruni]

Ok, that means that I need a new domain name too.
So to migrate my forum, is it enough to download a backup of my forum and upload it to the new URL, and make my previous URL as a redirect site?

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Yeah

 

[aaruni]

thanks! will let you know if I run into any complications, once I actually decide to migrate my forum due to disk space.

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

BTW What type of Forum? Link please

 

[aaruni]

A discussion platform for students, inspired by TDF. The Educational Forum - Index