New to using a paid web hosting service — how do I set it up? :I?
Q: So, usually I use webs.com to host sites and I can use it rather well. It’s easy and straight forward. I have a site that runs perfectly on there.
However, my friends and I are attempting to do a big project together. So we decided we should purchase our domain, and we looked into hosting services that had more to offer than webs.com. We paid for one, but have no idea how to set it up. :/
It uses the ‘cpanel’ (control panel), and has the roots folder and public_html. I’ve tried making index.html in there, and added the coding to it. All the necessary css and images are uploaded as well, but it doesnt seem to be working at all. When I go to our main domain (Im not revealing this), it just says
“Hello There!
This website is currently under construction.
If you are the web hosting account owner, please be sure to delete this page after you have uploaded your website. If you’re visiting this site please check back soon!”
How do I make the index/home page actually show up? We’re using webhostinghub.com
A: You made a great choice with WebHostingHub. To publish a website in the root of you account, the index.html page needs to go into the public_html folder. Do you see that part where it says, “…delete this page after you have uploaded your website.”? The page that that text is on is default.htm. Just delete that page either via FTP or the File Manager in cPanel.
One Response to New to using a paid web hosting service — how do I set it up? :I?
Its good you selected a hosting service that has Cpanel.
If you are hosting the site on a different hosting company from that where you registered the domain you will have to change the DNS (Domain Name Servers) to that of where you are having the site hosted. You do it from within the domain registration control panel for your domain name. It can take up to 48hours for the new DNS to be recognized. Your hosting company should have advised you the DNS to use.
Its best to create your site using a web editor and then uploading the complete site to the public_html folder using a ftp program such as Filezilla rather than from within the Cpanel (it just seems to be easier).