Changing hosts
I’ve been forced to move out from my current hosting company (OnSmart) as they are moving out of business.
They first lost one domain for me (kept the money, though) and then had radio silence for a couple of weeks — until today they informed that they are swiftly going out of business. I had reacted a few days earlier and moved to HostMonster.com.
The site moving was surprisingly painless. I made a tarball of the files and dumped the databases, unpacked the files to the new location, and recreated the databases from the dumps. A few configuration file needed changing and then everything works ok. Or at least it looks like that. If you notice any glitches, please inform me.
Fortunately, nomadig.com is not registered through OnSmart. Better keep my domains and hosts in two different vendors.
1. Ed Holden — Thursday, Feb 21 2008
I have exactly this problem. Coincidentally I’ve also selected Hostmonster as my new host, after some research revealed them to have the features I’d like. But just out of curiosity, did you ever get refunded for the remainder of your hosting term with OnSmart?
I have nine months left on mine, and haven’t got an answer from them about refunding the remaining fee (about $60). This feels rather scam-like. I did call their toll-free number, but it goes to a new web host to which they are directing their customers. And of course the new host isn’t honoring existing payments to OnSmart.
2. Janne — Monday, Mar 17 2008
Didn’t get any money out — didn’t even ask. I had a few dozen bucks in, so I decided that I have better things to do in my life than argue with someone across the pond.