{"id":8549,"date":"2023-06-29T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=8549"},"modified":"2023-06-28T15:45:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:45:23","slug":"migrating-your-domain-of-ones-own-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2023\/06\/29\/migrating-your-domain-of-ones-own-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating Your Domain of One’s Own Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are a few reasons that could lead you to consider exporting your Domain of One’s Own<\/a> website content from Swarthmore College. Perhaps you\u2019re leaving the College, graduating, or maybe you\u2019re just wanting to use your data on another hosting environment. Whatever the case, you have a couple of options for how you want to handle this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are leaving the College, you can migrate your webspace from Swarthmore College to our hosting provider, Reclaim Hosting<\/a>, by completing the following steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migrate to Reclaim Hosting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Sign up for an account at Reclaim Hosting. You can navigate directly to the Student\/Personal Hosting<\/a> plan option.<\/li>
  2. If you already have a top-level domain (i.e. yourdomain.com) choose the I will use my existing domain and update my nameservers<\/em> option.<\/li>
  3. If your current website content exists on a subdomain (i.e. yourwebsite.domains.swarthmore.edu), select the Register a New Domain <\/em>or the Use a subdomain from Reclaim Hosting <\/em>option.<\/li>
  4. Enter a new top-level domain name if applicable.<\/li>
  5. Complete the sign-up process\/pay invoice. If you choose the Student\/Individual Plan, your invoice total should be $30.00 without<\/em> a domain registration, or $45.00 with<\/em> a domain registration.<\/li>
  6. Send a support request to support@reclaimhosting.com<\/a><\/em> with the following message:
    Hello Reclaim Hosting Support,
    I am graduating from (your school) and I would like to migrate my account, (your domain), to Reclaim Hosting. Please let me know if you need anything else from me.
    Best,
    (Your Name)<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    A member of Reclaim Hosting support will respond & help you get your account migrated as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Migrating Your Domain Elsewhere<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    If you would like to move your website to a third-party service, you\u2019ll want to capture a backup of your site. From there you\u2019ll be able to import the backup into a handful of other web hosting services. In order to migrate your site elsewhere, complete the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n