If you do this now, your visitors will see a broken website when you migrate

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We'll show you how to temporarily host your new website on your computer without affecting your old website.This is done via the hosts file on your computer.

The hosts file can be used to map domain names to specific IP addresses. In other words, you can trick your computer into thinking that the website has moved when it hasn't.

Let's see how to add an entry for your domain name in the hosts file to point to your new hosting company.

By making these changes, you will be able to access the files on your new host under your own domain name, while the rest of the world will continue to access your website through the old host, ensuring 100% uptime .

The first thing you need to do is find out the IP List of Cyprus Cell Phone Number address of your new web hosting server .

To find this out, you need to log into your cPanel dashboard and click on the “Expand Stats” link in the left sidebar. Your server’s address will be listed as “Shared IP Address”.

At Hostinger, for example, you can find your server IP address under the details of your hosting plan.

Hostinger server IP
If you are using a Windows PC, you need to open the Notepad app with administrator privileges.

Simply click the “Start” button and then search for the “Notepad” application. Right-click on the Notepad app icon and then select “Run as administrator”.