For this option, you will take over ownership of your domain and migrate your content to a new web host. This will cost money and paying for the domain and web hosting varies greatly between web hosting companies.

Next we will talk about what content you want to take with you.

For this option, you will have to register a new domain and migrate all of your content to a new web host. Depending on the host, you may have to keep your first domain until it expires, as well.

This option will cost money and paying for the domain and web hosting varies greatly between web hosting companies.

Next we will talk about what content you want to take with you.

This is a good option if you’re not interested in keeping your site up and paying for it, but you might want to put your site back up at some point in the future.

Next we will talk about what content you want to take with you.

If you don’t want to keep your domain or your content, you can remove everything you’ve created manually or wait for the 90 day grace period to elapse. Your content on our servers will be removed after 90 days and your domain set to not renew.

The easiest thing to do if you don’t want to keep all of your content is to remove what you don’t want prior to migrating.

• If there are installs you’ve done through Installatron, you can simply go to Installatron and click “uninstall” for those you want to remove.
• If you manually installed something, you can go to the File Manager in cPanel and remove files and you can go to the MySQL Databases manager to remove databases.
• If you have files you’ve uploaded manually that you simply want to remove, you can go to File Manger and get rid of them.
• If you set up any subdomains, remember to remove them before migrating as well.

NOTE: Please backup your entire site and download the backup prior to making any changes! You can access a tool to generate and download a backup of your entire account by logging into UMW Domains and going to Manage Your Account -> Migration Information.

Next we will talk about choosing web hosting.

Great! Glad to hear you want to keep it all.

Next we will talk about choosing web hosting.

Great! That will make it easy to back-up.

Click “Next” to learn how to create a back-up of all your web content.

The easiest thing to do if you don’t want to keep all of your content is to remove what you don’t want prior to backing-up.

• If there are installs you’ve done through Installatron, you can simply go to Installatron and click “uninstall” for those you want to remove.
• If you manually installed something, you can go to the File Manager in cPanel and remove files and you can go to the MySQL Databases manager to remove databases.
• If you have files you’ve uploaded manually that you simply want to remove, you can go to File Manger and get rid of them.
• If you set up any subdomains, remember to remove them before migrating as well.

NOTE: Please backup your entire site and download the backup prior to making any changes! You can access a tool to generate and download a backup of your entire account by logging into UMW Domains and going to Manage Your Account -> Migration Information.

Click “Next” to learn how to create a back-up of all your web content.

Reclaim Hosting

Through a partnership with our hosting provider, Reclaim Hosting, students are eligible to have their domain and content automatically migrated to a hosting account at Reclaim Hosting at a 20% discount. This is a one-time offer; annual renewal of the account will be full-price. See the Migrate page for more details about cost.

Reclaim’s basic plan includes 2GB of storage, unlimited addon domains, subdomains, bandwidth, and email addresses.

HostGator Plans

UMW has partnered with HostGator to offer recent graduates a one-time discount on the purchase of a hosting account for 1, 2, or 3 years. This offer includes free migration of your site facilitated by HostGator support. See the Migration Information page to access the special for more details about costs.

Please note: You need to be logged in to your UMW Domains accounts to see the Migration Information page

HostGator offers 3 different hosting plans. The Hatchling Plan is a hosting plan for a single domain, comparable to UMW Domains, and will be suitable for most UMW students. To read more about the different plans see their Web Hosting page for comparison details.

If you would like to go with Host Gator click “Next” to read a summary of your next steps. If not click “Previous” to select a different option.

Choosing a Different Web Host

The cost of web hosting can vary dramatically based upon the kind of hosting and the features of the account. It’s a good idea to start with the smallest amount you think you’ll need and then grow into a larger account rather than spending a lot for more features than you require.

If you plan to go with a different hosting company click “Next” to read a summary of your next steps. If not click “Previous” to select a different option.

Backing Up Your DoOO Account

To create a backup do the following:

• Login to your account at umwdomains.com
• On the top of the page, in the black bar hover over Manage Your Account.
• On the dropdown that appears click Migration Information.
• At the bottom of the page that appears, click the Add Backup button.
• The backup process will begin; check back to the page later for a link to the file you can download.
• Click on the file and choose a location to save it to your computer.

This file contains a complete backup of all of your site’s files and databases, however it won’t be usable as a website until it is migrated to a new web host. It is, however, in a standard package that should be easy to migrate to a open-source LAMP Web host.

Keep in mind that you’ll have 90 days after graduating to actually migrate off the system; you can back it up and still decide to migrate within that timeframe if you change your mind.