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thanks for your reply. i set up 301 redirects for all pages on the original domain. i parked the original domain on top of my new domain (so typing in the old domain lands you on the new website/new domain).
i have not yet purgered the files from my old yahoo hosting account, so all the .html files exist there but the original domain is now parked at bluehost with my new domain.
maybe i have done the right thing?
thanks again