{"id":23985,"date":"2018-12-14T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T06:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hetzner.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=23985"},"modified":"2026-01-13T09:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:58:30","slug":"cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to move your website and mail from cPanel to xneelo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Are you moving to xneelo from a hosting provider that uses cPanel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Transferring your website and mail to a new hosting provider may seem daunting, but this guide will show you how to back up your website at your current host using cPanel and copy it directly to our servers. Our Support team will then be able to assist you with extracting the content.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid any downtime to your email, it is best to <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/create-new-email-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recreate your email addresses<\/a> on our servers before the website content is uploaded and\u00a0the domain is transferred.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy your files from cPanel<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0directly onto the xneelo server<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to <\/span><b>cPanel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Once logged in, under <\/span><b>Files<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, select <\/span><b>Backup Wizard<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35336 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1376\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File1-1.png 1376w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File1-1-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File1-1-1024x148.png 1024w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File1-1-768x111.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Back Up<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1535\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File2-1.png 1535w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File2-1-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File2-1-1024x221.png 1024w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File2-1-768x166.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, 1535px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b><b>Full Backup<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1540\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File3-1.png 1540w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File3-1-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File3-1-1024x402.png 1024w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File3-1-768x302.png 768w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File3-1-1536x603.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1540px) 100vw, 1540px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete the backup fields as follows:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Backup Destination \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the drop-down, select <\/span><b>Remote FTP Server<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Email Address<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<b>\u2013<\/b> enter your email address if you would like to receive an <\/span>email notification of the backup completion<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you do not want to receive this email, check the <\/span><b>Do not send email notification of backup completion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> radio button<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Remote server<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <b>\u2013<\/b> enter the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-find-your-server-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Hosting Server<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> name on which your domain is hosted.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Remote User<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<b>\u2013<\/b> enter your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/where-to-find-your-ftp-login-details-in-the-xneelo-control-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FTP username<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Remote Password<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<b>\u2013<\/b> enter your FTP password here. As a new customer, you may not yet have <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/where-to-find-your-ftp-login-details-in-the-xneelo-control-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set your FTP password<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Port \u2013\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enter the number 21<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Remote Dir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<b>\u2013<\/b> it is not necessary to fill in this field. By leaving this section blank, the default destination will be the home directory<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35345 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1485\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File4-1.png 1485w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File4-1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File4-1-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File4-1-768x453.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1485px) 100vw, 1485px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Generate Backup<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A message that reads\u00a0<strong>Full Backup in Progress\u00a0<\/strong>will appear. \u00a0You will receive an <\/span>email notification upon completion (if you have selected this option).<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24023\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/backupinprogress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/backupinprogress.png 2384w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/backupinprogress-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/backupinprogress-1024x116.png 1024w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/backupinprogress-768x87.png 768w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/backupinprogress-1536x175.png 1536w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/backupinprogress-2048x233.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once the files have been transferred successfully, you&#8217;re able to extract the content or <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assist you further<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 We also recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/how-to-change-your-ftp-password\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>resetting<\/strong><\/a> your FTP password since you have entered these details into a third-party application.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you may <strong>download<\/strong> a copy of your files from cPanel and <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/upload-download-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>manually upload<\/strong><\/a> these to the server.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"<strong>Are you moving to xneelo from a hosting provider that uses cPanel?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTransferring your website and mail to a new hosting provider may seem daunting, but this guide will show you how to back up your website at your current host using cPanel and copy it directly to our servers. Our Support team will then be able to assist you with extracting the content.\r\n\r\nTo avoid any downtime to your email, it is best to <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/create-new-email-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recreate your email addresses<\/a> on our servers before the website content is uploaded and\u00a0the domain is transferred.\r\n<h3><span >Copy your files from cPanel<\/span><span >\u00a0directly onto the xneelo server<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><span >Log in to <\/span><b>cPanel<\/b><span >. Once logged in, under <\/span><b>Files<\/b><span >, select <\/span><b>Backup Wizard<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-35336 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1376\" height=\"199\" \/><\/b><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span >Select <\/span><b>Back Up\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-35339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1535\" height=\"331\" \/>\r\n<\/b><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span >Select <\/span><b><b>Full Backup\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-35342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1540\" height=\"605\" \/>\r\n<\/b><\/b>\r\n<h4><span >Complete the backup fields as follows:<\/span><\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><b>Backup Destination \u2013<\/b><span > from the drop-down, select <\/span><b>Remote FTP Server<\/b><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Email Address<\/b><span >\u00a0<b>\u2013<\/b> enter your email address if you would like to receive an <\/span>email notification of the backup completion<span >. If you do not want to receive this email, check the <\/span><b>Do not send email notification of backup completion<\/b><span > radio button<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Remote server<\/b><span > <b>\u2013<\/b> enter the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-find-your-server-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Hosting Server<\/b><\/a><span > name on which your domain is hosted.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Remote User<\/b><span >\u00a0<b>\u2013<\/b> enter your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/where-to-find-your-ftp-login-details-in-the-xneelo-control-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FTP username<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Remote Password<\/b><span >\u00a0<b>\u2013<\/b> enter your FTP password here. As a new customer, you may not yet have <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/where-to-find-your-ftp-login-details-in-the-xneelo-control-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set your FTP password<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Port \u2013\u00a0<\/b><span >enter the number 21<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Remote Dir<\/b><span >\u00a0<b>\u2013<\/b> it is not necessary to fill in this field. By leaving this section blank, the default destination will be the home directory\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-35345 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/File4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1485\" height=\"876\" \/>\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span >Select <\/span><b>Generate Backup<\/b><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span >A message that reads\u00a0<strong>Full Backup in Progress\u00a0<\/strong>will appear. \u00a0You will receive an <\/span>email notification upon completion (if you have selected this option).<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-24023\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/backupinprogress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"90\" \/><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nOnce the files have been transferred successfully, you're able to extract the content or <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us<\/a><span >\u00a0to <\/span><span >assist you 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