Starting up your web hosting account at Hostgator
To build your very first website could be something difficult. You have to figure out many aspects in building a website.
For instance, you have to get a domain name for starters. After that? What should you do next? Nowadays, web hosting companies have thought and provide you with great solution so that building a website can be very easy. All this is possible with hosting companies that provides user friendly style of service.
One of those companies worth mentioning is HostGator.
Hostgator is considered as the best provider around for their outstanding service and user friendly features. All you need is a browser open and follow the steps explained by the host. To make a website with great features, you don’t have to be technology expert.
Registering a hosting account at Hostgator
To start you own website with HostGator, just visit their website and click on the ‘Order Now’ icon.
Then, just follow the steps by choosing a domain name. Then select the ‘Baby’ when you are asked to choose a package. This ‘Baby’ package will cost you $9.95 per month. This price is the best offer available in the market. It is unbeatable.
After doing the things above, go to this link ftp://theusernameyouchose@thedomainnameyouchose.com. using Internet Explorer. Replace the username with your username during your sign up with HostGator.
Uploading stuffs to Hostgator
You must also replace the domain name with the one you chose during your sign up. Once you have done that, just enter and proceed. (Alternatively, you can as well use the web uploader available at cPanel – it can be reached by clicking into ‘File Manager’ as shown in the figure).
What will happen is a window will pop up and will require you to enter your username and password that you chose at HostGator. The maximum numbers of character allowed for your username is 8. Anything more than 8 characters will be truncated automatically.
What you can expect next is a window that pops out. It will be a window that contains many yellow folders. Click on the one that says “public_html”. Minimize this window and select the webfiles (for example, the index.html page) from your desktop to the folder in HostGator. Once it’s done, you website is done. Use your normal browser and visit your website to do a check.
Well of course hosting/starting a website involve a lot more than this but the article should give you a brief image on how things work.