I have a domain, say mydomain.org, hosted on 1&1. I want to transfer hosting (web content) to computinghost.com (paid plan). The current domain registrar is 1&1, but I don't want to transfer the domain registration just yet. (I will change registrar when current registrar contract expires. No sense paying twice!)
I assume the detailed process I should use is as follows:
1) Purchase web hosting space sufficient for the site. I assume I will receive some kind of URL to access the space, perhaps something like myname.computinghost.com.
2) Using FrontPage 2003 (my web design SW), create "new web site" on my local machine. (It's not a real web site that anyone could access, of course, just a pointer to myname.computinghost.com.)
3) Make some slight change to the web site (so that I can distinguish the "old" from the "new" version). Publish the slightly changed web site content to the "new web site."
4) Test the newly-published site (pointing my browser to myname.computinghost.com). At this point the site is "live" at both 1&1 and computinghost, but a user typing www.mydomain.org will be sent by DNS to the 1&1 site.
5) Log in to 1&1, select Domain Management, sub-select DNS management. Change primary and secondary nameservers to computinghost.com's nameservers.
6) Wait for nameserver change to take effect.
7) Test newly-published site (pointing my browser to mydomain.org). Given the perverse nature of web publishing, some links will be broken, thus...
8) In FP2003, edit "new web site" settings to point to mydomain.org. Recalculate all Hyperlinks. Publish again.
9) Test site. All should be well, at least insofar as the DNS transfer has anything to do with things.
Anything wrong with this scenario?
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