I am doing this first time so I need some help. I am using 1and1 hosting. I want to migrate a domain from shared hosting package to virtual server. This link shows how to migrate domain but shows this warning:
Before transferring a domain, please backup all website files, databases, e-mail accounts, and take note of any DNS settings or subdomains created under the domain as no data or configuration will transfer with the domain!
I just want some general guidelines to transfer data and configuration. I could not find any tutorial on this.
PS> one site is WordPress based and the other is simply PHP/MySQL based.
Thanks a lot!
This just refers to the things listed there. You will need to copy them to your new server.
Files can be easily copied and database systems usually have an easy import/export feature. Other configuration is often not available as a file, but only over a web interface. Probably some forms and text fields, which you should take note off since you can’t just copy and paste this information if there is no export feature. If you want to make sure: screenshot everything. There are other configuration settings you might need, like the PHP version or additional PHP modules or cronjobs.