This tutorial will outline the steps required to migrate your website and email accounts to your new Server World account.

Step 1 - Backup your files

First of all, you need to download the site from your old host. You can do this in one of two ways:

Backup your site via FTP

Backup your site using FTP. Typically you need to connect to your website via FTP, download your www or public_html folder (the names for this folder differ; it is the folder that contains your website) The tutorials below will show you how to connect and transfer files using the popular free FTP client Filezilla.

Download Filezilla

Managing your Files in DirectAdmin

Managing your Files in Plesk

Step 2 - Backup and restore your MySQL databases

If you do not have any MySQL databases, you can skip to Step 3.

To transfer MySQL databases from your old host to Server World, you can use:

Backup/Restore MySQL databases via phpMyAdmin

You can backup and restore MySQL databases using phpMyAdmin. Follow the tutorials below for instructions on how to import and export MySQL databases in phpMyAdmin.

Exporting/Importing MySQL databases in phpMyAdmin

Step 3 - Upload your files to your Server World account

If you backed up your files using FTP, simply connect to your ServerWorld account using Filezilla and upload your files into the public_html folder.

Step 4 - Create email accounts on your Server World account

Before you point your domain to your Server World account, its a good idea to create the email addresses through DirectAdmin or Plesk first. Simply create the email addresses you want on your Server World account by following the tutorial below:

Creating email accounts in DirectAdmin
Creating email accounts in Plesk

Step 5 - Point your domain to your Server World account

By this point your account with Ser er World should mirror your account at your current host; you should have uploaded your site files and MySQL databases and created your email accounts. Once you are sure you have completed all the steps above, its time to change the nameservers of your domain.

Login to your domain control panel at your registrar and modify the nameservers for your domain to the ones we sent you in the welcome email. Video guides for modifying nameservers for most of the major registrars are listed here:

Update your DNS settings at various registrars

Once you have done this, wait for your domain to propagate. This can take between 6-72 hours, depending on your location. To see if your domain has resolved correctly to your Server World account, type your domain name into the tool below and hit Lookup. On the next page scroll down to the Whois Record section. If the Server World nameservers are listed here, then your domain name has resolved.

www.whois.sc

Check your domain name is displaying correctly, and then proceed to the next step.

Step 6 - Cancel your account at your old host

Once you have updated your nameservers and your domain name has resolved correctly, you can cancel your account at your old host. Make sure you backed up all your files; getting data back after you have cancelled your service with a provider can be quite difficult.

Congratulations, you have succesfully moved your website to Server World!

Notes: This tutorial covers the main aspects of transferring a website. Keep in mind that if you have other features such as subdomains, parked domains etc at your old host, you will also need to recreate those on your new Server World account.