Publishing a website
How to put your site online: upload files to public_html or install an application.
You publish a site by putting its files in your domain's folder on the server. For the main domain this is the public_html folder.
Static site (HTML, CSS, JS)#
- Open File Manager in cPanel and enter
public_html. - Delete the default
index.htmlordefault.htmlif one exists (it is left over from the placeholder page). - Click Upload and upload your files, or upload a ZIP and right-click it → Extract.
- The home page must be in the file
index.html(orindex.php) at the root of the folder.
Application (WordPress and similar)#
Use the installer in cPanel: Install WordPress.
Many files#
For many files use an FTP client: FTP access and FileZilla.
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