Notes for migrating perfdynamics.com

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Migrating PerfDynamics.com

Current host Web.com (originally Interland.com) is full service

Nameservers:
A.NS.INTERLAND.NET
B.NS.INTERLAND.NET
Registrar: Network Solutions, LLC

• Web.com (Jacksonville, FL) is part of Network Solutions (NS)
• Web.com on Wikipedia
• Network Solutions on Wikipedia
• NS owns the DNS service
• NS is also where I purchase my registered domain names
• Parent (financial?) entity is NewFold

Hosting Plan:

• "Essential Hosting"
• Static pages
• Price (see fine print on their web page): $14.94 x 2 (domains) = $30/mth approx. + CA tax
• 300 GB disk space
• Unlimited data xfer
• 25 FTP accounts (I use 3)
• 100 email boxes (I use half a dozen)
• Currently paying $35/month for 2 domains
• Storage used
  • 160 MB for web pages (in local "Web Pages" folder)
  • 150 MB for GCAP.zip class files (when posted)
• There may be other .pdf files, etc., not showing up in my local "Web Pages" folder
• Well under 300 GB

Pros:

• They migrated my web pages from AOL.com to www.PerfDynamics.com 20 yrs ago
• Has several email accounts wth Webmail GUI, e.g., [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
• They provide customer support and trouble tickets (rarely needed; more for email if anything)
• They also host www.NeilGunther.com
• I used to write web pages in LaTeX and generate HTML using OzTtH app bundled with OzTeX
• Update of Jul 18, 2025: TtH is now included as part of TeXShop in the MacTex distribution.
• Now, I just edit HTML files using BBEdit and upload using FileZilla.

Cons:

• CLI form of FTP no longer works beyond macOS El Cap on my 2013 mac air (deceased)
• OzTeX doesn't run on macOS Catalina and is no longer being developed
• No updated SSL certificates for www.perfdynamics.com or www.neilgunther.com
• No secure SFTP
• Directory organization is completely different for www.perfdynamics.com and www.neilgunther.com
• neilgunther.com was running on Windows NT but may have been migrated now

Need

• New web host for PerfDynamics.com?
• SFTP for uploading
• EMAIL for [email protected] addresses
• Also migrate neilgunther.com to the same new web host
• PerfDynamics.com could use a facelift
• Web pages need to be more mobile friendly
• Not currenty uploading video or audio files
• Maintain SEO ranking

Web Page Editing

• OzTeX on macOS is no more
• CLI FTP (unsecure) on macOS is no longer available
• RStudio can create HTML from Markdown via Knitr (can also include images?)
• Otherwise edit the HTML file with BBEdit
• Blue Griffon WYSIWYG + CSS
  • This looks promising
  • How to open an "unidentified developer" app
  • Video example

Possible Hosting Services

• Digital Ocean (DO) is Linux-based DIY
  • War story: Migrating a website to DigitalOcean
  • DO is an IaaS posing as a web hosting service (overkill SP)
• Gandi cloud VPS in France
• Network Solutions
  • Review of NS 3.0/5.0 stars
  • Isn't this what I'm already using? (domain name service)
  • Looks like SSL Certificate can be added to exsting domains
• Bluehost 4.9/5.0 stars
• Squarespace
• WIX
• GoDaddy (I don't think my pride could handle it)
• Stay put !!! (recommended by SP)

Interrim

• Does Web.com support SFTP?
  • Looks like they only provide FTP with my type of hosting plan
  • Should I pay for SSL Cert?
  • How much to pay for SSL Cert?
  • Does an SSL Cert invalidate using FTP?
  • SFTP only seems to be offered with WordPress hosting
• FileZilla
  • FileZilla 3.55.0 seems to work on macOS Catalina 10.15.7
  • Using the FZ GUI interface
    • Shows Local files (LHS) and Remote file (RHS)
    • Copy host, username, and password into fields at top of GUI
• other ...