| 1- Test Your FTP Account. | | | | new website became live on the web. If you don't |
| The first and most important issue is to to check if | | | | see the text, on the other hand, then you might |
| you will be able to upload your website files to your | | | | want to refer to your hosting support pages. |
| web hosting space or not, try uploading any | | | | 2- Set Up an Email Address. |
| webpage to your hosting space by FTP. To do that, | | | | Most - of not all - web hosting providers allow you to |
| you will need any FTP program. | | | | configure your hosting account using a program called |
| You simply can make a test page by opening any | | | | cPanel. After receiving your hosting account |
| text editor and just write "this is my website!". Save | | | | information, this welcome email should tell you how |
| it as index.HTML. Regarding the FTP program, you | | | | to access your webhosting control panel, it'll usually |
| have a lot of choices. There's many solutions for | | | | be something like yoursitename.com/cpanel. |
| everyone, some good free programs to consider are | | | | To access your web hosting control panel, you'll be |
| Cute FTP (cuteftp.com), Smart FTP (smartftp.com). | | | | asked for your username and password, and then |
| Once you've created your test web page, open the | | | | you'll find a screen full of icons. The icons you have |
| FTP program and ask it to connect to your host's | | | | will depend on which features you got with your web |
| FTP server. This is usually ftp.yourhost.com, although | | | | hosting account. Look for the icon called 'email', and |
| you might also now be able to access it through your | | | | then create any email address accounts you need |
| own website by using Once you're connected, you | | | | there. |
| can browse through your website folders looking for | | | | To check your email, you will need to add an account |
| any existing index.HTML file, it'll be in a folder called | | | | in your email program. This should be easy, just look |
| something like 'public_HTML'. Upload your created | | | | for an option in your email program's 'Tools' menu |
| index.HTML over this one, and click 'yes' when you're | | | | called 'Accounts', and follow the instructions to add a |
| asked if you want to overwrite it. | | | | new email account. You'll be asked for POP3 and |
| Now, go to your web browser and try to access | | | | SMTP servers (provided by your hosting provider), as |
| your website. If everything's as it should be, then | | | | well as the email address and password you just |
| you'll see what you wrote in thee test home page | | | | configured in cPanel. Try sending an email to your |
| right there on your website home page! You can | | | | new emaill address from one of your other accounts, |
| then write real content to replace that little bit of | | | | to see if it works. |
| text - it's always exciting when you realise that your | | | | |