Transferring your files to your new host
Once your DNS change is complete, typing in your hostname (www.yourname.com) should bring up the new server. You may see a blank page or perhaps a default page indicating that you haven't yet uploaded your content.
You will need to make a few changes to Dreamweaver so that it connects to the new server instead of to storm.esm.rochester.edu.
Before you change anything, make sure you have the most resent versions of all your files on your local computer. If there are any newer files on storm.esm.rochester.edu, or even older files that you don't also have a copy of on your local computer, you should download those files with dreamweaver (green download arrow)
Next, change the "Remote Info" for your site definition so that it points to the new server:
- Site => Manage Sites => Edit
- Make sure the "Advanced" tab near the top is selected.
- Select "Remote Info" under "Category"
- Access is FTP
- FTP Host is www.yourname.com (replace with the domain name you purchased)
- Host Directory is public_html
- Login and Password should have been given to you via email
- "Use Secure FTP (SFTP)" should NOT be checked unless you have been told to check it.
Once you've changed your connection settings, you should test your connection using the "Test" button. If your receive an error message, review each setting above carefully and change as needed.
Finally, you need to upload your site content (the whole site) to the new server using the blue upload arrow in Dreamweaver. Please note that if you have Both "index.html" and "index.php", index.html may override index.php as the home page. You may therefore need to remove or rename index.html on the server to get it "out of the way".
Once you have finished uploading your site, be sure to check all the links and make sure everything is in place.
Specific Fixes
If you are streaming audio using .m3u files as described on this site, you will need to edit each .m3u file, replacing as follows:
http://storm.esm.rochester.edu/~login/
becomes
http://www.yourname.com/
Without this changes, mp3 players trying to stream your mp3's will still be trying to stream from storm, which will stop working once your content is removed.