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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/31/2012 12:57 PM, Bob Kruger
wrote:<br>
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color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">All;<br>
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<font size="2">I "inherited" main<font size="2">tain<font
size="2">a</font>nce of</font> a website that is run
via DotNetNuke on a Microsoft server. To s<font size="2">ay
that I am undershwelmed is an overstatement. However,
the site has been up for a number of years, and site
users have gotten used to the look and feel. To change
that would <font size="2">not be good.<br>
<br>
<font size="2">At the same time, the <font size="2">web<font
size="2"> hosting pr<font size="2">ovider that <font
size="2">I inherited<font size="2">, e.g.
webhost4life.com, <font size="2">has
proven to be increasingly incompetent
and unresponsive with useless tech
support from Mumbai<font size="2">. All
are sorry for my inconvenience, but
they do nothing to fix problems. Time
for a change </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<br>
<font size="2"><font size="2">I<font size="2"> am looking for <font
size="2">someone who can cross both Windows server based
systems and Linux based systems <font size="2">to migrate
what we have to a Linux based platform and software<font
size="2">, but keep <font size="2">a similar look at
feel. <font size="2">And, there is compensation <font
size="2">with this project, e.g. not asking for
free work.<br>
<br>
<font size="2">An<font size="2">y takers or
recommendations?<br>
<br>
<font size="2">V/r<br>
<br>
<font size="2">Bob</font><br>
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Bob,<br>
<br>
A couple of quick questions:<br>
<br>
What type of site is it (e-commerce, informational, etc.)?<br>
I am concerned about what security, data encryption, etc. that are
required.<br>
<br>
Does it use a database (MS SQL Server most likely if it is MS
based)?<br>
In principle migrating from one relational database to another is
more a pain than especially difficult. Details such as indexing,
views, etc may be troublesome in the conversion and there some
differences in the SQL dialects.<br>
<br>
Is there any server side scripting and if so what language?<br>
My guess for an MS site is asp.<br>
<br>
There are several cheap, good hosting companies available and from
what know transferring to another host is not terribly difficult. I
think transferring is mostly about paying a fee and wait a few
minutes and you are done.<br>
<br>
I have recently started working with Fat Cows (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.fatcows.com">www.fatcows.com</a>) for
a couple of informational websites. So far they seem very good.<br>
<br>
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Jay Lozier
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com">jslozier@gmail.com</a></pre>
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