Finally … shutting down 1and1.com account

Well, in an effort to “declutter”, I am finally getting around to shutting down the IONIS (formerly 1and1.com account).

  1. It looks like I fixed the image issue by downloading the images and adding them to the media library.
  2. I backed up all files stored at IONIS via FTP. I had images and some conference documents stored.
  3. I saved another copy of my old WordPress site using HTTrack website copier. Note: had to specify that images should be saved, set the minimum link level to check, and turn off the check robo .txt file (whatever that is).
  4. I had to get access to WordPress on AWS again by updating the admin password in the database.
  5. I first transferred basingerlehman.com to AWS Route 53. I had to open the domain at IONIS and get an authorization code. Process took about five days (lost track). Had to validate my email address with ICANN.
  6. So, today I just started the transfer of proflehman.com to AWS Route 53. Will need to fix DNS and need to look at DNS options. AWS Route 53 charges for DNS, not sure it is worth the extra cost.

Stay tuned …

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A 50-something computer science college professor occasionally blogging about technology and related issues.

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