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Quickstart Guide
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The following is a summary of our Knowledge Base articles to assist new hosting clients in getting their accounts up and running as quickly as possible.
If you are wanting to migrate an existing site with minimal downtime during the transition, please view our
Site Migration Guide
.
Quick setup steps
Set up your
domain name
.
If you already have one,
point it to our servers.
.
If you don't have one, you need to
register it
.
If you do not want to register your own domain, you can use a subdomain. You can add the subdomain in the control panel - please refer to the next step.
Add your domain name
to the control panel.
Upload website files to our server using either
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
or
FrontPage
.
If you do not have your own web site creation tool, you may be interested in using our online Site builder - you can
try the demo here
.
Configure email.
Set up mailboxes
.
Check the
email settings
and
configure email software
.
Add e-commerce solutions to your website.
Learn about
shopping carts
and
credit card processing
.
Secure
your e-commerce transactions.
Promote
your website.
Improve your website.
Design
.
Programming & scripts
.
Security
.
Misc tips
.
Article Details
Article ID:
180
Created On:
25 Jan 2008 11:52 PM
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