You will need
- Your website files in a .zip file
Open File Manager
In cPanel, open File Manager and go to public_html.
Upload the zip
Click Upload and choose your .zip file.
Extract
Right-click the zip and choose Extract into public_html.
Check the home page
Make sure index.html or index.php is directly inside public_html, not in a subfolder.
Visit your domain
Open your domain and check the pages and images load.
If something goes wrong
I see a default page instead of my site
Delete the default index file, or move your files up out of the extracted folder.
Terms used in this guide
- File Manager
- A cPanel tool for uploading, editing and organising your website files in a browser.
- public_html
- The main folder that holds your website’s files on a cPanel account.
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol, an older way to upload website files.
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