{"id":2033,"date":"2019-10-21T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T03:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2033"},"modified":"2022-10-08T18:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T10:10:14","slug":"how-to-verify-my-website-before-switch-over-dns","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-verify-my-website-before-switch-over-dns","title":{"rendered":"How to verify my website before switch over DNS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2033\" class=\"elementor elementor-2033\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a14b994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a14b994\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74774e61\" data-id=\"74774e61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2823e0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2823e0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Verify Website Before Switch Over DNS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-233dd272 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"233dd272\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This article will help you to verify your website on the new server or new hosting account during the migration period, while your website is still up and pointed to the old server. You will need to be sure that the website loads properly in the new server before you inform our support to point the IP address of your website to the new server to complete the migration.\u00a0<\/p><p>Below are the steps to check your hosts file :<\/p><p>1. Locate the HOSTS file on your computer. Typically it is in one of the following locations:<\/p><p>Windows NT\/2000\/XP\/2003\/Vista\/7 : C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts<\/p><p>Windows 95\/98\/Me : C:\\windows\\hosts<\/p><p>2. Open this file with a text editor such as Notepad or Wordpad.<\/p><p>3. Right-click on Notepad and select the option to Run as Administrator, otherwise, you may not be able to save this file later.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ac86ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ac86ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/run-as-administrator-01.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"norepad run as administator\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa368a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa368a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Then, open the file. Consider performing a \u201cSave As\u201d so you have an original copy of the file that you can restore later.<br \/>You will see two columns of information, the first containing IP addresses and the second containing host names.<br \/>By default, a windows hosts file should be similar to the following:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597974d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"597974d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/windows-hosts-file.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"hosts file\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/windows-hosts-file.png 730w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/windows-hosts-file-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da648a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5da648a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You can add additional lines to this file that will point requests for a particular domain to your new server\u2019s IP address. Example:<\/p><p><strong>123.100.254.4 example.com<br \/>123.100.254.4\u00a0www.example.com<\/strong><\/p><p>5. Save your changes.<\/p><p>6. Restart any currently open browsers. You may also want to flush your DNS cache.<\/p><p>In Windows XP, go to Start, and then Run, then type \u201ccmd\u201d and hit enter. Type the following:<\/p><p><strong>ipconfig \/flushdns<\/strong><\/p><p>7. Visit your new site using\u00a0http:\/\/example.com\/<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf332fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf332fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>We hope that this article has helped you in verifying your website before switching over to DNS. For more articles, kindly visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Knowledge Base<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Verify Website Before Switch Over DNS This article will help you to verify your website on the new server or new hosting account during the migration period, while your website is still up and pointed to the old server. 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