I am in the process of setting up Cloudflare.My domain was registered at Godaddy, my host is Hostgator.
I understand that I will have to log into Godaddy and point the name server from Hostgator to Cloudflare, is that correct?
But I feel uncomfortable with downtime:
- both while setting up
- potentially when I pause Cloudflare
- or when totally cancelling the Cloudflare's service
1) approx. how long my website will be down when I first change nameserver from Hostgator to Cloudflare inside Godaddy?
2) IMPORTANT: IF I decide to cancel the Cloudflare account, do I need to go back to Godaddy and change back the name server to Hostgator? IF YES, how long will my site be down (approx)?
3) If I don't cancel Cloudflare, I just pause it, then do I need to change the name server in Godaddy, does it affect website functionality for a short while etc.