title: .htaccess redirect users to new servers ip address
body: <p>I'm  needing to transfer a website from one cpanel server to another and am trying to minimize downtime while the DNS updates.</p>
  
  <p>I was once told years ago that it was possible to redirect users to a new IP address but after googeling frantically for a few hours I can't seem to find an example of hoe to do this.</p>