I knew this was going to be the most difficult part of my upgrade. Moving my blogs and website to one host and using one application to manage it has been pretty easy so far.
I am transferring my files using FTP (file transfer protocol). First I had to set up an FTP account and then I chose an FTP provider (Filezilla). I also had to request SSH access by sending an image of my driver’s license to Bluehost; nowhere did I find out what this stands for, but apparently it allows safe file transferring.
Like I always do when I don’t see clear directions, I just start clicking on things until something happens. I clicked on an FTP configuration link and since I didn’t know whether to run or save the file, I saved it first and then ran it. After an “Are you sure?” message that I wasn’t sure at all about, I assumed my config was complete.
There didn’t seem to be anything else to do on this page so I went to my Bluehost home page and tried “Unlimited FTP”, which sounded promising. The next page showed my hard drive and host files, but I wasn’t sure where to put my files on the server. This help document gave me the advice I needed.
It took about eight minutes for my website to load up, while I wondered, how was the website going to look? Would everything truly look the same as it did on my previous host, even though it was built with their tools? How much cleanup would I need to do?



