Windows to Unix

[com-du-it.com]

Any suggestions/advise regarding this are appreciated.

I manage a number of websites (not yet hosted under my reseller hosting) that utalise ASP (to a limited degree). My intention is to covert these all to use PHP instead of ASP so that I can move them onto Apache. I am currently planning how to do this and here is my thinking, I'm not sure if either will work or how to go about it practically:

Option 1

1. Move sites onto my reseller hosting under a windows plan
2. Create the same domains under a Unix plan
3. Setup and test new sites under Unix plan
4. Switch off the windows sites and swith on the unix sites

Option 2

1. Move sites onto my reseller hosting under a windows plan
2. Create temporary domains under a Unix plan
3. Setup and test new sites under the temporary domains
4. Switch off the windows sites
5. Create the site's domains under the Unix plan
6. Move site from temporary domain to new domain

Is it possible to add the same domain under a Windows plan and a Unix plan?
Is it possible to copy a complete website between two domains within the same account?
Is is possible to rename a domain once it has been set up?
Is there another way that will make this easy?

 

[Yash]

Hi

1) No
2) No, must be done manually
3) No
4) Yes

Option 2 would be the best. Create the temporary domains and then when you want to move the actual sites, delete those domains from windows and add them as aliases to the temporary domains.

 

[com-du-it.com]

Thanks, I will run a few test based on using a temporary domain and see how it goes.