Things to note when migrating web hosts

• Backup everything! all the files on the hosts. Hostmonster, my previous domain had this thing about increasing the monthly fee $1 per yearly renewal.
• On domain manger set dns redirect 301 to new host ASAP
• Find cheap (free hosting) gitpages is nice option for a mostly static website.
• Don’t forget to change gmail’s mx servers for email redirects or your emails break.
• I switched to wordpress.com as my blog host instead running my own LAMP wordpress instance. Less work. Export xml for all the posts.
• That’s all;  Little harder than squarespace but still smarter than myspace.
• Cons: I’m missing many google analytics tracking and SEO extensions from running my own wordpress.