How to Copy Your Site in Your The World Hosting

This article explains how to copy your site from another host to your World.

Note : The PlanetHoster Glossary contains explanations on multiple topics and can be consulted to clarify certain terms.

Prerequisites

Enter the following address in your web browser: https://my.planethoster.com.

Steps to Follow

1. Copy your files from your current hosting to your computer via FTP.
2. Copy these files via FTP to your World hosting in the public_html folder for your main domain.
   • If you are using the MG panel, you have to connect to your hosting using FTP and perform file upload (how).
   • If you use cPanel, you have to put your site online with Filezilla (how).

If it is for a site other than your main domain, in the case of the MG panel, you will first need to add the domain as an additional domain (how), or add an additional domain name on a cPanel account otherwise (how). Once you have done that, you will need to put your files in the root folder of your site.

3. Export your database to your computer from your PhpMyAdmin utility on your current hosting. The approach is different depending on whether you are using the MG panel (how) or cPanel (how).
4. Create a database on your World hosting. The approach is different depending on whether you are using the MG panel (how) or cPanel (how).
5. Import the previously exported database into your new database.
   • If you are using the MG panel, use the PhpMyAdmin tool of your World account (how).
   • If you use cPanel, you have to import the database to the World account in SSH (how).
6. Modify your connection configuration files to the database of your website with the new information previously generated during the creation of the database (how).
7. Recreate your email accounts by copying the emails from an IMAP server to a PlanetHoster server (how).
8. Once you have done that, change your domain servers to PlanetHoster’s (how).