Transferring BluDomain Sites..
Posted on 09. May, 2009 by Symbol Photography in Uncategorized
Hello fellow BluDomain photography site owners. I’ve seen the question of transferring several times on the forums and i decided to write a quick blurb on how to transfer your sites so that you can move from their hosting or other hosting and place your site to your own hosting without waiting for their customer service.
Note: Do this at your own risk. You need some sql skills in case your template has database settings.
Pre Steps: Locate the blu.php file in your file system, it’s typically in the path of the \
Step 1. Log in using an FTP client. Locate the folder which holds all your files, for instance, i have the ‘George’ template. My main folder name was ‘george’. I copied down ALL the files in this directory to my local machine. This can take some time depending on the amount of files in your directories…
Step 2. Locate your provider’s mysql administration panel. (Note: this may vary depending on your hosting company and which control panel they are using. I won’t provide exact steps here as they may differ.) Do a complete backup of the database and download it.
Step 3. FTP the files in the same structure as before to your new host.
Step 4. Import your database backup to your new hosts mysql. Try to use the same database name as before as it’ll require less changes later.
Step 5. Go into the blu.php file mentioned earlier in the pre steps and retrieve the new info and replace it with your new mysql info and host names.
Step 6. you may need to got into the mysql database and do some queries to change some info if the bluadmin/ panel is not operational. Most of the settings are in tables either named ‘Settings’ or ‘Options’.
Step 7. Your blu admin control panel password will be the same as it’s hashed and stored in the database, typically.
Step 8. Enjoy moving the site yourself without having to wait 8 weeks. 
Robin Owen
09. May, 2009
man thanks for this. I am still not sure I can do it myself but it is good to see someone posted this info.
Sam Andrew
09. Jun, 2009
Thanks, does this mean that you can avoid there $60 charge for moving a site from one internet company to another.
Gina
04. Aug, 2009
Can this work if i wanted to use this same template for my other website? Can i use it for both at the same time? We hve had so many issues with bludomain that it would be great if i could bypass them all together.
Ryan
06. Aug, 2009
how do i do a complete backup of the database in step 2?
Nick
23. Sep, 2009
What database is it hashed and stored in?
Thanks
Symbol Photography
24. Sep, 2009
Sorry, i can no longer provide tech support as our old site is now completely gone.
Val
22. Jan, 2011
Thanks a ton. Saved my a$$
Paris
26. Mar, 2011
i now really hate blu domain
i have no clue how to do this!
i ftp the files over but can’t seem to get the home page to loadsucks!
Paris
17. Apr, 2011
Actually! after transferring and sort of doing it I spoke to bludomain and they helped me out with the rest!
Cool- wouldn’t have been able to do it without this post though..was very confused with the database info!