Kishore 's Blog » Domain http://www.kisaso.com Limits Undefined Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:42:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Transferring your blog to a new domain http://www.kisaso.com/transferring-your-blog-to-a-new-domain/ http://www.kisaso.com/transferring-your-blog-to-a-new-domain/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:08:24 +0000 Kishore http://kisaso.com/transferring-your-blog-to-a-new-domain/

image I just finished transferring this blog from KishoreAsokan.Com to KisAso.com. My old name was too long, so I thought of registering a short name and got this new domain registered last night and just finished transferring my site to the new domain.

 

Steps I did for this domain Transfer

Downloaded all the files

I used filezilla to download all the files to my local hard drive. It was about 400mb and took about an hour.

Exported the Database

Exported the Database from the phpmyadmin which I use to manage my database

Uploaded the files to the new domain server

Again after downloading the files to my local hard drive, I upload the files to the new server location. It took more time may be the internet speed was less due to traffic, but went very smoothly. I maintained the same directory structure.

Imported the database to the new domains Database.

Again I used phpmyadmin to import the database. I had created a new database and a new user.

Redirected the Old Domain to the news ones.

I maintained the same directory structure so that was not a problem, just added this to the .htaccess file of the old domain

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Now I do not miss any traffic from search engines or any referral sites. When anybody visits the old link, he is redirected to the new domain

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image These days every business, individual has presence on the World wide web. If you run a business, you will or have a website where you provide information about your business and services. Most of the individuals who use the internet will be having a personal website or now a days blog is very common.

For running a blog or a website, you need to have an address on the internet, which is usually a domain name or you can use shared sub-domains for this purpose. For registering your domain name,  you can do it online and buy a hosting package. Everything can be done in 24 to 48 hours time.

Top Level Domains

Top level domains or shortly called TLD is the last part of a domain name. For example in www.kisaso.com, com is the TLD. Now there are lots of TLD available on different levels, like country, for example for India, its .in, for Maldives its .mv and many.

I have summarized the TLD and other information related to the TLD below

S.No TLD Information Requirements Pricing in US$
1. .com Company No Restriction, Anybody can register $9.95 per year
2. .net General No Restriction, Anybody can register $9.95 per year
3. .org Organization No Restriction, Anybody can register $10.95 per year
4. .info Information No Restriction, Anybody can register $8.95 per year
5. .name Name No Restriction, Anybody can register $58 per year
6. .asia Asian address, phone in Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific region. $49 two years
7. .biz General No Restriction, Anybody can register $10.95 per year
8. .pro General No Restriction, Anybody can register $295 per year
9. .coop Cooperative Service Only cooperatives, cooperative service organizations and subsidiaries of cooperatives will be eligible to use the .coop domain name. n/a
10. .aero Aviation Only members of the aviation community, incorporating airlines, airports, companies, organizations, associations, government agencies and qualified individuals, may register a domain name in .aero. $299 per two years
11. .museum Museum Reserved for museums, archival institutions, and exhibitions $300 per two years
12. .md Moldova No restrictions $499 per two years
13. .tv Tuvalu No restrictions $29.95 per two years
14. .mobi Mobile Devices Any individual or organisation who agrees to the terms and conditions of the dotMobi accredited registrar of the mTLD may register a .mobi domain name during General Registration. $24.50 per two years
15. .ca Canada Local Presence, Canadian citizen or business, registered location, full address, phone $99.00 for 2 years
16. .com.mx Mexico No restrictions, anybody can register $109 for 2 years
17. .co.vi Virgin Islands No restrictions, anybody can register $379 for 2 years
18. .um United States minor islands n/a n/a
19. .pm Saint pierre n/a n/a
20. .us United States Local presence is required. US citizen or company info in United States $17.50 to $35.00 for two years
21. com.ar Argentina Local presence is required $260 for two years
22. com.bo Bolivia Local presence is required, TM registration or company reg. in Bolivia $ 699.00 for .bo / $ 349.00 for .com.bo
23. com.br Brazil Local trustee service $ 495 for two years
24. .cl Chile Local presence is required , name and RUT number of admin-C in Chile $ 180 for two years
25. .com.co Colombia Local presence is required $ 349 for two years
26. .ec, .com.ec Ecuador Local presence is not required, need passport, id number, any country $ 229 for two years
27. co.fk Falkland Isl Local presence is required, Registrants must be Falkland Islands residents $ 399 for two years
28. .gf French Guiana n/a n/a
29. .gy Guyana Local presence not required, no restrictions $159 for two years
30. com.py Paraguay Local presence not required, no restrictions $499 for two years
31. .pe, .com.pe Peru Local presence not required, no restrictions $119 for two years
32. .tt, com.tt, co.tt Trinidad Local presence not required, no restrictions $ 1250.00 for .tt / $ 160.00 .co.tt / .com.tt  for two years
33. .sr Suriname Company details required $149.00
34. .com.uy Uruguay Local presence is required, must be customer of Antel, have local admin-C $360 for two years
35. .com.ve Venezuela No Restrictions $145 for two years
36. .af Afghanistan Local presence is required, copy company registration or TM recognized by Afghanistan $349 for two years
37. .ae Arab Emirites No restrictions $199 for two years
38. .com.bh Bahrain copy company registration, tax id, hosting in Bahrain required, must be customer of Batelco and provide account (phone) number, this account is billed directly for registration/hosting $425for two years
39. .com.bd Bangladesh No restriction $425for two years
40. .re European Reunion Must have french Address $ 399 for two years
         

I have listed only some of the TLD’s, there are hundreds more. I have seen .tt as the most costliest TLD which is US$ 1250 for two years. Before selecting a domain name for registration, you should check the requirements as some has conditions like local presence.

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