How to Backup Your Website Using Cpanel

by Peter

Pre-Requisites

This guide assumes you are using a web hosting provider with cPanel*. Many of the popular web hosts do.

Personally, I both use and recommend Linux Web Hosting from Hostgator (aff. link).

They use cPanel* for their Linux Hosting Plans.

* What is cPanel?

Step 1

Login to the cPanel for your website.

If you’re using Hostgator (aff. link), you will find your cPanel at http://yourwebsite.com/cpanel

Step 2

Click on the Backup option as shown below.

Step 3

Click the button Download or Generate a Full Website Backup.

Step 4

Enter your email address as shown at #1.

Then click Generate Backup as shown at #2.

Step 5

Wait for a minute or two, then refresh the page (press F5 or click the refresh button in your web browser).

You should see a file listed similar to the one circled below.

Click this file link, and save the backup file to your computer when prompted.

Important! Make sure this file is backed up from your computer. For true peace of mind, I recommend you backup your important files to an external hard drive and to an online storage service like Dropbox, Jungle Disk or similar.

Questions or Comments

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  • Ellie

    Does Blogger use cPanel?

    • http://webservicesforbusiness.com Peter Freeman

      Hi Ellie,

      Thanks for asking. No, Blogger doesn’t use Cpanel, at least, not so that you as a customer can make use of it to backup your blog.

      This is one of the advantages of owning your own blog on a separate web hosting service. Blogger is really good as an easy way to get people started with blogging, however there are limitations that will appear as you want to do more with your blog.

      I would always recommend owning your own blog rather than relying on a 3rd party like Blogger.com, or WordPress.com. I can understand that some will always choose either of these when they just want a place to “get their feet wet” with blogging.

      Hope that helps!
      Peter

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