Wednesday, May 2, 2012

CPanel Tutorial PRO - Part One (Transferring A WebSite)

By David Maguire


CPanel is the most well-liked web hosting control panel online, used by the majority of website hosts, including BlueHost. Famous for its equilibrium and portability, we wouldn't recommend any other control panel system on a Linux platform. In this tutorial series, we inspect the easy way to create your first website on cpanel, starting with a transfer from another hosting company.

If you have an existing internet site that is already run on CPanel and need to transfer it to a new hosting provider (for instance, if you're transferring your account to BlueHost) there is good news. Unlike many other control systems which lock you into one provider, CPanel isn't exclusive, which means you can move to another web server without fear of radically screwing up your website. Each hosting company with CPanel installed uses the same file types and file layouts, so usually web sites move readily.

To start the process, first determine your current PHP and MySQL versions from your old web host. This is generally displayed on your control panel screen in the left column. Ask your new web host if their system is compatible. Just about everybody uses MySQL version 5, so you are most likely all set there but PHP versions can vary. Your new web host can usually adjust settings for you so your scripts will work. And if you don't use PHP or MySQL in your coding, you can skip that step entirely.

Now, login to your old control panel on your old hosting provider and keep an eye out for the icon called BACKUP. This icon will allow you to download a FULL CPANEL BACKUP file which includes every part of your web site including settings, email boxes and configurations. The full backup is a convenient bundle of everything in one compressed and simply restored file. If the hosting provider keeps daily backups, a button for "daily" will be there. Click on that to download. Otherwise click "generate" to generate a fresh backup file. You currently have a copy of your entire website on your computer! Easy.

Ok. Now that you have your full backup file, upload it to your new hosting account at your new CPanel hosting supplier. As an example, if you use BlueHost that can be done by logging into your new control panel and clicking on the FILE MANAGER icon. Just remember to write down what directory you put the file in. When done contact hosting support and tell them you've a CPanel backup file that needs restoration. It literally only takes support one click to restore a CPanel backup. After that's done your whole site, including email boxes, will be on your new server and good to go.

The final step is letting the web know that your website is located on a new web server. To do this, login to whatever domain registry you registered your domain name at, and change your domain's "nameservers" to switch which name server your domain points towards. Your new web host will give you the new nameservers to enter and there are sometimes two of them. After altering this at your domain registry, permit the web a good 12-24 hours to repoint.

It really is that easy to transfer with CPanel. That covered the movement of an existing website.




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