Domain name transfer

I would like to Change my domain name.  What steps do I need to take to make it a successful transfer?  Also, will I have to re-apply my license?

If you will be making this new domain name your primary domain, you should not have to move any actual files or directories. However, you will need to change the domain name information in your header.inc.php file, located under the ./inc/ directory. Once this is done, you may need to empty your cache directories (leave the .htaccess file intact).

If using the same license with a new domain name, you will have to reset the license from your account here and re-apply it for it to re-register.

If your server's running Linux, run the following command through SSH from the root of your dolphin site. It may take several minutes.

find . -name '*' | xargs perl -pi -e 's/OLD DOMAIN NAME\//NEW DOMAIN NAME\//g'

Export the entire database.

Open the sql file with a text editor.

Find and replace all strings that match your old domain name with new domain name. The best fail-safe way to do it is to include http:// in the search and replacement strings.

Make a backup of your database. Empty the old database. Save and import the modified sql file.

I only recall needing to change the header.inc.php file, and nothing in the database.

Thanks everyone.  I made the new name the main domain, and  I changed the header.inc.php  title.  Nothing in the database so far.  Will check on that now.

mag,

you are correct, there is nothing to change in the database, the info is changed in the header inc. also if you are on a cpanel instance, you can also have your hosting entity make that change for you on a WHM or if you are on dedicated or VPS with cpanel/whm, you can make that change rather easily.

also, you have to release your license number from your unity member area, so that it can bind to your new domain name.

Regards,

DosDawg

You name files and directory...but I am a total noob and I do not know where everything is.....there is cpanel for hosting.....boonex for I dont know what....and admin login for my dolphin site....can someone please post step by step for a noob like me  where I go and how to find what I need to do/change? I just want my new domain name to work :-(

There are posts but none are specific enough that I know what people are talking about.....Im at wits end!!!

except that the license page here is crap and doesn't work as it's supposed to. My main domain name still says unregistered