When Switching Webhosts, Can You Transfer A Website That Runs On A Windows Server, Onto A Unix Server?
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?
All your scripting will probably have to be re-done, like “send me a message” forms. On a Windows server, your server-based scripts are usually ASP, on a Unit/Linux they are usually PHP. Your database will also probably be different. Stock up on aspirin.
If you have a simple site with html pages with only text and graphics, you will be fine. Only if you have submission forms could there be a problem. If you have forms on your site and old host was windows, most likely it is ASP which would need to be rewritten, like they said above.
Not usually unless the website requires windows based scripts such as ASP. If it does then DO NOT SWITCH server types or else you might not be able to get your site running again.
That would depend on which languages or technologies you are using in your current web page. Like mentioned earlier if our using ASP it will not run on a Linux platform.
Also if you have a website built with Ruby on Rails there is a limited number of web hosting providers that will support that either. It seems to me most hosting providers have not installed the Rails framework on their servers.
However if you were running Ruby on Rails you would not have any issues with Database compatibility as it would be a seemless effort to move from one to another.