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I've designed one website and hosted it with one host, and I've been looking for answers online, but I'm confused.

My mother's art group would like me to manage their website. They have it hosted right now by a guy who both hosts and manages websites on his own, and he doesn't have time anymore. So they asked me to get a new host, and transfer the site to this host.

I'm confused now - it seems I only have to buy the webhosting package, and then change the DNS on the registrar site. But I don't have access to that. Does the original person who registered the site need to do that? Can the new host do that for me?

And what's all this I see about changing registrars - transferring the domain to a new registrar - do I need to do that? Can't I leave it where it is?
Hmm - I think I need to re-word this. I want to move the domain name and website files to a new host. I'm assuming that I can do this without also transferring the registrar. Is this true? I mean Godaddy is a host, as well as a registrar, right? Or are these one and the same thing?

<blockquote data-quote="Ruth" data-source="post: 336" data-attributes="member: 76">I&#039;ve designed one website and hosted it with one host, and I&#039;ve been looking for answers online, but I&#039;m confused.My mother&#039;s art group would like me to manage their website. They have it hosted right now by a guy who both hosts and manages websites on his own, and he doesn&#039;t have time anymore. So they asked me to get a new host, and transfer the site to this host.I&#039;m confused now - it seems I only have to buy the webhosting package, and then change the DNS on the registrar site. But I don&#039;t have access to that. Does the original person who registered the site need to do that? Can the new host do that for me?And what&#039;s all this I see about changing registrars - transferring the domain to a new registrar - do I need to do that? Can&#039;t I leave it where it is?Hmm - I think I need to re-word this. I want to move the domain name and website files to a new host. I&#039;m assuming that I can do this without also transferring the registrar. Is this true? I mean Godaddy is a host, as well as a registrar, right? Or are these one and the same thing?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruth, post: 336, member: 76"] I've designed one website and hosted it with one host, and I've been looking for answers online, but I'm confused. My mother's art group would like me to manage their website. They have it hosted right now by a guy who both hosts and manages websites on his own, and he doesn't have time anymore. So they asked me to get a new host, and transfer the site to this host. I'm confused now - it seems I only have to buy the webhosting package, and then change the DNS on the registrar site. But I don't have access to that. Does the original person who registered the site need to do that? Can the new host do that for me? And what's all this I see about changing registrars - transferring the domain to a new registrar - do I need to do that? Can't I leave it where it is? Hmm - I think I need to re-word this. I want to move the domain name and website files to a new host. I'm assuming that I can do this without also transferring the registrar. Is this true? I mean Godaddy is a host, as well as a registrar, right? Or are these one and the same thing? [/QUOTE]