Moving your website from Xara hosting / MOW toOVHcloud
Xara recommends OVHcloud as a trusted web hosting provider and provide a simplified publishing experience from Designer Pro and Web Designer. Hosting packages are provided with a domain name, secure certificate , up to 500GB disc space and Email accounts providing you with everything you need to publish your Xara created website.
Magix Online World and Xara Hosting will be discontinued at the end of July 31, 2025. We recommend you transfer your domain and website prior to this date. FAQ's on the shutdown can be found here
20% discount For Xara customers
Get your discount code from here . The coupon code can be entered during the OVHcloud order process and will provide a 20% discount when subscribing to Personal or Professional Web Hosting.
Moving your website from Xara hosting / MOW toOVHcloud
Moving your website from Xara hosting / MOW is as simple as
- Create an account with OVHcloud. & subscribe to a hosting package - Don't forget to get your discount code
- Await your account setup and FTP information email.
- Publish your document from Xara to OVHcloud.
Can I transfer my existing domain name from Xara Hosting / MOW?
If your website is served at a custom domain name address then you will need to retrieve the auth (transfer) code from Magix . This is required in order to transfer the domain name to OVHcloud and will allow for your website, published to your webspace with OVHcloud to be served when browsing to your domain name.
A guide to retrieving your auth (transfer) code can be found here . The same advice applies for Xara Hosting and Magix Online World. You will receive an email shortly after the cancellation which will have the "auth code" to transfer the domain.
Upon completion, follow the create an account guide.
1. Create an account withOVHcloud and subscribe to a hosting package
Please create an account from here to take advantage of your 20% discount code.
Click on Order now for the hosting package that suits your needs and continue through the account creation process.
Configure your web hosting plan
Most customers can click on continue or Continue Orderwithout changing the defaults.
Advanced Users
OVHcloud provide several customization options
CMS - OVHcloud support the installation of various CMS systems. None are required when publishing your website through Xara
Shared Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Additional SSL levels
Managed web cloud databases.
Choose your domain
You have no current domain name associated with your website
OVHcloud Web Hosting plans come with a free domain name for one year. Search for the domain name of your choice and click on the buy button to add the domain to your order.
Click on theContinue order button after adding the domain to your order.
You have a current domain name associated with your website
Search for an existing domain and click on the Transfer button.
Click on the Continue order button after adding the domain to your order.
The next screen will allow you to enter the auth code retrieved in Step 1 . Select Enter the transfer authentication code and enter/ paste your authorization key. If you do not have your authentication code then click on Enter the authentication code later in the OVHcloud control panel.
click on the checkbox and click on Continue.
Please see here for detailed information from OVHcloud on transferring domain names.
Complete your account creation
Either login to your existing account or create a new account with OVHcloud and complete the account creation.
During the order process, enter and apply your coupon code to obtain your 20% discount.
Click on Pay and continue through the order to process to complete your subscription.
2. Confirmation of account setup
OVHcloud will email you providing you with FTP login details once your account is setup and instructions on changing the auto-generated FTP password.
3. Update your document to Publish to OVHcloud
Start Xara and and open the .xar /.web file associated with your website. It's likely that the document is set publish to Xara Hosting or Magix Online World, and the following dialog will be shown when clicking on publish:
Click on cancel from the above dialog. Open the web properties dialog and click on the publish tab. Select the settings button for OVHcloud
Follow the steps in Publishing to OVHcloud to save the OVHcloud web host settings into your document.
Common questions
Will my website be served at a different web address?
If your website is served at a custom domain name address then you will need to transfer the domain name from Xara Hosting / MOW toOVHcloud . Upon completion, your domain name will serve the content published to your webspace on theOVHcloud servers.
If you do not have a custom domain name and your website is currently served at http://username.xara.hosting or http://username.magix.net then your website will no longer be served at these addresses. Instead they will be served at the domain name address selected when creating an account withOVHcloud .
Will my website be served securely?
A restriction of the Xara Hosting / Magix Online World service was that websites were served on a HTTP address and not HTTPS. Browsers could display a warning on HTTP sites requiring user action to visit the site.
Hosting packages with OVHcloud come with a secure certificate allowing your website to be served on a HTTPS address.
Is there a setup time when subscribing to a hosting package with OVHcloud ?
Web hosting installation can take up to 1 hour. Information on order processing times can be viewed here.
How do I contact theOVHcloud support team ?
OVHcloudprovide documentation and FAQs at OVHcloud help center To create a ticket, first login to the help center with yourOVHcloudaccount ID and password and then click on the Tickets link.
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