Question
Changing web host
When my company was doing well I had our website developed by
professionals, using ColdFusion. However, business has taken a nose
dive and I've been forced to find cheaper hosting service. Before
ending the contract with the old service I downloaded (via FTP,
using FileZila) what I believe was the entire website and SQL
database. I've uploaded the entire site to the new host (GoDaddy),
but I am not able to open our webiste. I do subscribe to a CF
server and SQL.
GoDaddy first said my index file was not in the root. Guess it was not in the root at the old server, but I located the file and copied it (index.cfm) to the root. However, this only generated the following:
Error occured while processing request:
Could not find the included template fbx_fusebox30_CF50.cfm.
Note: If you wish to use an absolute template path (e.g. TEMPLATE="/mypath/index.cfm") with CFINCLUDE then you must create a mapping for the path using the ColdFusion Administrator. Using relative paths (e.g. TEMPLATE="index.cfm" or TEMPLATE="../index.cfm") does not require the creation of any special mappings. It is therefore recommended that you use relative paths with CFINCLUDE whenever possible.
The error occurred in D:\Hosting\acg2003\index.cfm: line 17
15 : <cfelse>
16 : <cfif variables.fuseboxOSName contains "Windows">
17 : <cfinclude template="fbx_fusebox30_CF50.cfm">
18 : <cfelse>
19 : <cfinclude template="fbx_fusebox30_CF50_nix.cfm">
This is when I realize I am in over my head. I'm not a CF programmer. I've just started to get comfortable with Dreamweaver.
Could anyone, based on the above, tell me if I am attempting something that will be imposible to do, move an entire website from one server to another? Or, do I need help from (expensive) professionals to do this? Or, is there an easy and free way to accomplish the move? Can I expect to have to make massive amounts of link changes?
Please, any input will be greatly appreciated.
Tor-Eddie
GoDaddy first said my index file was not in the root. Guess it was not in the root at the old server, but I located the file and copied it (index.cfm) to the root. However, this only generated the following:
Error occured while processing request:
Could not find the included template fbx_fusebox30_CF50.cfm.
Note: If you wish to use an absolute template path (e.g. TEMPLATE="/mypath/index.cfm") with CFINCLUDE then you must create a mapping for the path using the ColdFusion Administrator. Using relative paths (e.g. TEMPLATE="index.cfm" or TEMPLATE="../index.cfm") does not require the creation of any special mappings. It is therefore recommended that you use relative paths with CFINCLUDE whenever possible.
The error occurred in D:\Hosting\acg2003\index.cfm: line 17
15 : <cfelse>
16 : <cfif variables.fuseboxOSName contains "Windows">
17 : <cfinclude template="fbx_fusebox30_CF50.cfm">
18 : <cfelse>
19 : <cfinclude template="fbx_fusebox30_CF50_nix.cfm">
This is when I realize I am in over my head. I'm not a CF programmer. I've just started to get comfortable with Dreamweaver.
Could anyone, based on the above, tell me if I am attempting something that will be imposible to do, move an entire website from one server to another? Or, do I need help from (expensive) professionals to do this? Or, is there an easy and free way to accomplish the move? Can I expect to have to make massive amounts of link changes?
Please, any input will be greatly appreciated.
Tor-Eddie
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