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1. #Change from hostgator webuilder to wordpress update#
2. #Change from hostgator webuilder to wordpress manual#
3. #Change from hostgator webuilder to wordpress upgrade#
4. #Change from hostgator webuilder to wordpress full#

I had to disclose my wordpress log-in details for him to log-in to my wordpress account and fix things. However, one of the Hostgator technicians helped fix all of it with a little tweak.

#Change from hostgator webuilder to wordpress manual#

I needed to replace all this with the new domain name which will take a lot of manual work and time to get done. I also frequently mention my blog name (like, here on ) within posts which also needed updating every single post. And as I often inter-link posts on my blog it would have been a lot of work updating every single post to replace the new links. Soon after contacting the Hostgator team, the post links on my blog started working, but again, the images were not showing.

Fixing internal links, Images and blog name mentions But I’m glad I took the step to make the change when I did.

I practically lost everything that has to do with the old domain name (backlinks from comments, visitors etc), and had to start all over. Unfortunately I didn’t have enough funds on my Payoneer Debit card to pay for the upgrade. That was something I didn’t realize until I had made the change and corrected every other problems (with the help of the Hostgator team).

#Change from hostgator webuilder to wordpress upgrade#

The right thing to do is to upgrade to a Baby plan which allows multiple domain. Ordinarily you will want your old domain to redirect to the new domain after changing and still maintain your traffic, but the hatchling plan does not allow this function. Which means you can only associate your account with one domain you can’t redirect a second domain to your primary domain name. And as you may know, hatchling plans on Hostgator only comes with one domain option. My Hostgator account was on a Hatchling plan. The major mistake on my path was not upgrading to a Baby plan before changing my domain. After changing my domain name, all my posts still bore the old domain and returned a “401 not found” message. But from the Hostgator page above, it is recommended that you follow some necessary precautions before going ahead to make the change. If that was all it takes, it would have been easy and straight forward. The easy path is where you change the primary domain name. Problems encountered while Changing domain Name for my blogĪfter following the pre-change checklist on the Hostgator page above, and changing domain name, things got screwed up with my blog.

#Change from hostgator webuilder to wordpress update#

Step 5: Enter your new domain name in the box and click on “ Update Domain” button to change the domain name.Ĭongratulations, you have successfully changed the Primary Domain Name. Step 4: On new window click on “ Change My Domain” Step 3: On left-hand side click on “ Hosting Packages ‘, then ‘ View Hosting Packages” Step 2: Log-in into Hostgator Billing Tool. Be sure to go through the checklist from the link above before proceeding with these steps. I’m not sure if this is certain or that I did something wrong for the error that occurred (more on that below).įollow these steps below to change primary domain name for your blog on Hostgator. From my experience, some problem may arise after following this step.

#Change from hostgator webuilder to wordpress full#

Follow the Pre-change Checklist here to create a full backup in your cpanel before changing your primary domain name. You can make the change yourself in the Hostgator billing tool.

For Hostgator, you no longer need to ask the support team to change the primary domain name associated with your account. Most hosting services should allow you to change primary domain name for your hosting account. There are several reasons one may want to change domain name for their blog, but I don’t intent to go that way on this post – I think that will make a different post altogether. Through the process which took about 32hours (due to my off and on activity), I had no cause for worries as the Hostgator team was quite reassuring all the way. The customer support and technicians were really helpful from the process of changing domain name to fixing the problems that occurred. I remember reading out every response I got from the Hostgator customers rep, to a friend, telling him this is how I’m going to run my company when I start one. I’m hosting this blog – BlogwithIyke – on Hostgator, a hosting company that has earned my trust after working with them to make the complete change of domain name. Did you notice? It was a change I decided to make for personal reasons which I’m glad I did. I changed domain name for this blog recently (about one month ago) from to.