As you gain experience with web hosting on BigScoots, you might want to create a new site based on an existing one. Fortunately, cPanel and Softaculous make it easy to clone your current site. In the guide below, we’ll walk you through the steps to add a new cloned site to your hosting account
Index:
Cost of Addons
Depending on how your service is currently structured, there maybe some additional costs to adding a site to your service. Please check the table below and check your service to see if you are eligible to add another site and have the storage capacity to do so.
105cc | 1 Site, 5GB
$7.75 monthly / $83.40 annually |
155cc | 10 Sites, 10GB
$10.95 monthly / $119.40 annually |
Turbo Diesel + | Unlimited Sites, 20GB
$19.95 monthly / $227.40 annually Additional Storage - +$5/5GB monthly or +$60/5GB annually |
If you currently do not have sufficient site space or storage for a new site, we kindly ask that you upgrade to the next service tier. If you are on the Turbo Diesel+ plan and require additional storage, you can request an upgrade of 5GB for $5 per month.
Adding a Domain to cPanel
Setting up a domain addon is simple and easy. Before creating a clone of your site, you must first configure the domain within your service. Below, we will guide you through the domain setup process.
Enter cPanel - If you don't know how, you can follow this guide.
In cPanel, look for the Domains option under the Domains tab.
Within Domains click the Create A New Domain button to set up the domain for your new site.
You will now be taken to a form. Please fill out the domain at top with the one you would like to use. Uncheck the box next to Share document root. Finally, you may skip over the Subdomain section. Once everything is all good, click Submit.
Back on the Domains page, you will now receive a message indicating that your domain has been successfully created and will see your new domain in the table below.
Domain Setup - Pointing Domain Nameservers
Domain Setup - Pointing Domain Nameservers
Before setting up your site, please ensure that the nameservers for your domain are pointed to BigScoots. If you don't have a domain registered yet, you can register one with BigScoots by following this guide. Otherwise, you are free to register your domain anywhere and follow below to point the nameservers.
If you have a domain registered with BigScoots, you can skip this section.
For those of you with a domain outside of BigScoots we will need you to change your domain nameservers to the following:
ns1.bigscoots.com
ns2.bigscoots.com
If you need help, please use the search feature to look up your domain registrar and follow the guide to properly point the nameservers. If you don't know your domain registrar, you can check using this guide.
Once completed, you can check that your nameservers are pointed by using the link below and typing in your domain. The tool should display the nameservers as the following.
Clone Site With Softaculous
In this section, we will take the domain you added in the previous section and use it to clone an existing site from WordPress Manager by Softaculous.
Enter cPanel - If you don't know how, you can follow this guide.
On the left-side bar, click WordPress Manager by Softaculous.
On the WordPress Management page, find the site you wish to clone then click the dropdown arrow to find all the options. Within the options, select Clone.
From the Cloning page, select the domain you created above from the selection next to Choose Installation URL. Below create a site name for the clone site to be referred to. Everything else can be left as-is. Once finished, click Clone Installation to create the clone.
Once installed, you will get a congratulations screen confirming that your cloned site has been successfully installed. Click Return to WordPress Management to go back to your sites.
Returning, you will now see your cloned website within the WordPress Management page. For access to the new site, click Login. If you wish to delete the site and start over, expand the options wit the arrow and click Uninstall.
Congratulations! You've successfully set up your cloned site.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our team via live chat.
For technical inquiries, please feel free to reach our support team by emailing support@bigscoots.com from your registered email or by submitting a support ticket.