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Cheap Domain Hosting – Hosting Account Getting Started Guide

Cheapest domain hosting guide – If you’re new to hosting, this article will help you get started.

1. Set up Your Cheap Domain Hosting Account

Without setting up your hosting account, you can’t do anything with it. So, check out Set up your account.

After you purchase a hosting plan, you need to set it up before you can use it to host your website.

  1. Log in to your IFindHost – Cheap Domain Registration, Cheapest Domain Hosting Service account.
  2. Click Web Hosting.
  3. Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Manage.
  4. Select or enter the domain name you want to use.
  5. Click Upload Your Site.
  6. If your domain name isn’t currently registered here, select your transfer options.
  7. If your domain name isn’t pointed toward our DNS servers, resolve the issues or skip this step.
2. Upload Your Website

After setting up your hosting account, you need to get your website’s files on it. There are a number of ways to do this, including using the application you used to build your website and using an FTP client.

You probably only need to use one of these.

  • FTP: How to upload files
  • Dreamweaver CS6: Publish your website
  • iWeb: Publish your website
3. Preview Your Site

Once you have your website uploaded, check it out using Preview DNS. For more information, see Preview your website.

  1. Log in to your IFindHost account.
  2. Click Web Hosting.
  3. Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Manage.
  4. In the Server Details section, click Show details
  5. Click Preview to display your primary domain’s DNS information.
  6. If Preview DNS is not already enabled for your account, click Enable. If it has expired, click Renew.

    If Preview DNS is enabled, click Preview.

If you don’t see your website (oh no!), make sure you have an “index file.”

To see if you have a default file, open up your FTP client/website application and make sure you have one of the files listed in the top level of your hosting account, also known as “the root.”

4. Make Your Site Live

Depending on how you configured your hosting account, your website might already be live. Check it out by going to your domain name.

If it’s not live, you probably need to update your DNS