Maintain Current DNS Settings During Transition During the migration, keep your existing DNS (e.g., from your current provider) active. This ensures that your website and email services remain accessible during the transition.

Back Up Your Current Website Use your preferred backup tool to create a complete backup of your website, and then download the backup as a compressed file to your local system.

Prepare Webnames.ca for New Hosting Install the backup on your Webnames.ca hosting account. This can usually be done using tools such as FTP for file uploads or platform-specific control panels available in your hosting account. Consult Webnames.ca’s support resources if needed.

Test the New Hosting Environment Locally Before updating DNS records globally, test the new site configuration to ensure it works correctly. To do this: - Edit your local computer's hosts file to temporarily map your domain (e.g., yourdomain.com) to the Webnames hosting IP. - This allows you to preview and test the new site environment locally without affecting the live site for global visitors.

Verify Website Functionality Using the hosts file method, navigate to your domain locally and check the functionality of the new site hosted on Webnames.ca. Ensure that all pages, links, and functionality are working as expected.

Update DNS Settings Once you have confirmed that the new site functions correctly, update your DNS settings globally. Update the domain's A and MX records as needed to start routing traffic and email through Webnames.ca’s servers. This change can take several hours to propagate fully.