All of the webhosts when signing up, offer transfer of your website from the original host’s servers to their own servers. Does it matter if the original server was Windows based, and can that easily be transfered to a UNIX/Linux based server?
GoDaddy uses FTP protocols. You need to go to your hosting account at godaddy and set your username and password.
Here are the instructions from Publisher Help Files
Before following this procedure, contact your Internet Service Provider or system administrator to get the information you need to publish to an FTP (FTP: A communication protocol that makes it possible for a user to transfer files between remote locations on a network. This protocol also allows users to use FTP commands, such as listing files and folders, to work with files on a remote location.) site. You also have to create an FTP site in FTP Locations.
How?
On the File menu, click Publish to the Web.
In the Save in box, click FTP Locations.
Double-click Add/Modify FTP Locations.
Enter the information you received from your Internet Service Provider, and then click OK.
Click Cancel.
On the File menu, click Publish to the Web.
In the Save in box, click FTP Locations.
In the list of FTP sites, double-click the site you want, and then double-click the folder where you want to publish your Web site.
Click Save.
your ftp protocol is ftp.yourwebsite.com (or net or info).
Good luck. Also, you can call go daddy and they will walk you through this
I would like to know how and where it is I go to upload information and data onto one of yahoo’s web hosting servers, I have a client that already has a business account but I was unable to figure out what to do. I most likely skimmed over it but would still like guidance rather than run blindly. I’d appreciate it greatly, thanks in advance.