This information is intended for clients who will be moving their sites from AmorphicMedia servers to another hosting platform.
AmorphicMedia uses FreeBSD machines running Apache webserver and PHP version 4.3.11. If your site uses PHP to render pages or to communicate with our MySQL database, you should make sure that the hosting provider you are moving to supports PHP version 4.3.11 or that your new web developer can make the necessary adjustments to the code to have it run the platform to which you are migrating.
AmorphicMedia cannot be responsible for ensuring that your site operates on a different server configuration so check with your web developer to make sure that migrating and patching your site is possible for your new hosting server configuration and that it can be done before the April 1st deadline.
If you have received a name and password, you can access PHP information here.
Current clients should have received an email message containing a username and password to access the PHP configuration information. If you are a current AmorphicMedia client looking to migrate your site and you did not receive a name/password for accessing this information in email, contact me and I will send one to you.
This information should be kept confidential and should only be shared with your new developer for the purpose of successfully migrating your site. Sharing with unauthorized persons puts your site, your data, and everyone else who is hosting with amorphicMedia at risk.
As a courtesy to clients, amorphicMedia will grant you license to access and use all of the files that make up your current site. You can download your site files with an FTP client and the same username and password that you use to access your email if your account with amorphicMedia is up to date. There is no charge for accessing your site files yourself via FTP. If you are not familiar with using FTP client software, your new web developer should be able to assist you or download the site files for you.
If you prefer to have the site files sent to you in an archive from amorphicMedia, there will be a one time service charge of $70.00.
Original layered PhotoShop/Fireworks files used to make design elements, images, logos, and other graphics will not be included in the archive and are not currently available via FTP download. These may be available at additional cost. Contact me to request quotes.
amorphicMedia sites also have access to a MySQL database for managing events calendars and other information. If you require information that is currently stored in a data base, contact me and I will provide you a zipped SQL or XML format that your new developer can then easily upload to a new database for you.