Migrating to new host - some issues!

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cedricthecat
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Re: Migrating to new host - some issues!

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^^ Thanks Janus - deleting the cookies (in Firefox) and trying Chrome both worked!
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Re: Migrating to new host - some issues!

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Just to update on this:

Everything seems to be working well on the new host and .net domain :D

One odd thing I have noticed though is in 24 of activity, the old (.com) forum is getting a huge, for us, amount of guests and some bots. Yesterday for example, 570 guests, plus Bing and Google. The new forum is getting zero guests and zero bots!

I'm guessing the two are related, as in if the bots aren't finding the place, no-one else will be either!

As far as I can tell, I've got the correct settings to allow bots, but now I'm not too sure...
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Re: Migrating to new host - some issues!

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If you don't tell the bots that your site is moved the will not know.
(same as you moving to a new address and don't tell anyone)
Therefor I told you not to move your site to a other domain, but you didn't lissen :(
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Re: Migrating to new host - some issues!

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^^ You did, and I didn't! :roll:

However, as of the 6th, the original hosting ends, and .com will then point to .net, so hopefully this will help

TBH, not a disaster if it doesn't, as I can't remember the last time we had a genuine new member who might have found us in a search.
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