Hosting 


Step 1. The client has approved that the site Is ready (we have received liability contract)


Step 2.  Determine whether the client is hosting with us or without us 


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Hosting with Carbonweb


Step 1. Confirm that we have received Hosting Contract


Step 2. Add the site in my websites part of dreamhost


Step 3. Make sure the site register DNS is pointed to the DreamHost servers (login to clients current domain registrar) 


Step 3b: Confirm that they dont have emails running through the domain, and if they do make sure to move the MX records over to dreamhost. 


Step 4. Move the carbonsamples file to the sites new destination


Step 5. Login to the PHPmyAdmin database and change the links of the homepage of the site


Step 6. Go to the site and login to the backend, you will now have to go through and change all the links that need to be changed to their new links so the site is 100% independent of carbon samples


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Hosting without Carbonweb but with a third party represenative


Step 1. Contact the new host and inform them of what you will be providing


Step 2. Download the entire folder from carbon samples and zip it


Step 3. Login to the PHPmyAdmin for that site (look in config.php if not known) and download the entire php database


Step 4. Send over the zipped file and the PHP database download file to the new host. 


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Hosting without Carbonweb Manually


Step 1. Gather the FTP and domain registrar information from client


Step 2. Download the entire carbonsamples/(domain) file off the server


Step 3. Login to third parties server and upload the entire file


Step 4. Login to PHPmyAdmin and download the appropriate SQL database


Step 5. Login to third parties PHPmyAdmin and upload the appropriate SQL database


Step 6. Go into the WP contents database and change the URLs


Step 7. Go into the third parties server and edit the "wp-config" file to the appropriate new data base


Step 8. Check to see if site is live


Step 9. go through and re-link all images so the site is completely independent of carbonsamples. 


Step 10. add a note into the ticket that all of this as been complete and the amount of time it took as we are billing them $125 / hr


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