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In this section your going to learn how to host your web site freely on a Free Hosting Services Provider.
Before you host your web site , please see the below check list to make sure you have the initials.
Step 03.
Once you have successfulness logged in to awardspace it will look like the below.
Step 04.
Before you host the site , you need to add and point your domain to Awardspace.therefore you need to login to Hosting Control Panel first. Just see below screen is the one you would see when you logged in to Hosting Control Panel.
Step 05.
Now to add your domain , go to Domain Manager , now you should be able to see the below screen.
Now in the above screen , We are trying to add myfirstwebsite123.com , As you can see you need to type it in the space given and you need to click on Add Domain button (I have darken the areas you need to concentrate) , So once you have successfully added the domain . It will look like the below screen.
Currently there are 6 domains have been added in the list with the one we just added.As you can see from the above screen that i have darken , It has a yellow color exclamation symbol which is representing that the DNS Updating is not completed in your new domain added. It can take sometimes to update the DNS , once it has been updated you will see the blue color universal symbol right next to your domain.
Congratulations ! Now that you have Set up your domain correctly on the hosting servers admin panel.
Uploading Your Web site files to the server.
As we learnt in the beginning , You need to have a FTP Client program installed in your pc to transfer files to the web server , however you can also do this without a help of a FTP Client by manually uploading they files , but it can be time consuming and a lot of efforts , most of the Hosts support this feature.
We are going to use FileZilla which is a FREE FTP Solution , Click here to download! You can download Windows , Linux and Mac Os versions depending on your Operation System.
This is how it looks like when you have installed and opened FileZilla in your PC.
What it does is that it makes a connection to the server given the settings correctly and will allow you to transfer files quickly.You can even transfer Videos , Mp3 files , Images , Documents etc.There are many FTP clients available including web based FTP Programs.Usually it is very easy and Fun working with FTP!
FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
Ok , we will be adding the information such as Host, Username, Password to the FTP and get connected.Where do you find these information ? You find all the in the hosting control panel.
Please click on the link below Next to view how to set up FTP .
Web Hosting
In this section your going to learn how to host your web site freely on a Free Hosting Services Provider.
Before you host your web site , please see the below check list to make sure you have the initials.
- Domain Name , If you don't have one registered yet , get it here.or else go to our get a domain link to see how you could get it.
- Make sure you have all the links working on your web site , because broken links will give you a bad impact on your web site and visitors will complain about the site and will not be retuning to the site.
- FTP Client Installed in your PC. FTP Client can be a software or a web based service which can transfer your web sites's files to the hosting provider.Confused ? We have the screen shots of how it can be done ! Please keep reading the guide.
Once you have all of the above ,Now , It's time to choose a reliable Free Hosting Web Hosting Provider from the list of providers.
I have chosen AWARDSPACE as my free hosting provider for this example.Let us see how we can start the process.
I have chosen AWARDSPACE as my free hosting provider for this example.Let us see how we can start the process.
Step 01.
If you don't have an account with awardspace create it here.Creating an account at Awardspace is easy.Just choose the FREE host plan when you visit the site, and fill out the web form.If you need much help in creating this one , please contact one of our Live Chat Support agent. or write to us at support@fh2u.com
Step 02.
Log in to your account. Below is the awardspace log in screen,
You can enter those details and press Login Button. In case if you have forgotten username or password , please click Lost Password link just below the log in button.
If you don't have an account with awardspace create it here.Creating an account at Awardspace is easy.Just choose the FREE host plan when you visit the site, and fill out the web form.If you need much help in creating this one , please contact one of our Live Chat Support agent. or write to us at support@fh2u.com
Step 02.
Log in to your account. Below is the awardspace log in screen,
You can enter those details and press Login Button. In case if you have forgotten username or password , please click Lost Password link just below the log in button.
Step 03.
Once you have successfulness logged in to awardspace it will look like the below.
Before you host the site , you need to add and point your domain to Awardspace.therefore you need to login to Hosting Control Panel first. Just see below screen is the one you would see when you logged in to Hosting Control Panel.
Step 05.
Now to add your domain , go to Domain Manager , now you should be able to see the below screen.
Now in the above screen , We are trying to add myfirstwebsite123.com , As you can see you need to type it in the space given and you need to click on Add Domain button (I have darken the areas you need to concentrate) , So once you have successfully added the domain . It will look like the below screen.
Currently there are 6 domains have been added in the list with the one we just added.As you can see from the above screen that i have darken , It has a yellow color exclamation symbol which is representing that the DNS Updating is not completed in your new domain added. It can take sometimes to update the DNS , once it has been updated you will see the blue color universal symbol right next to your domain.
Congratulations ! Now that you have Set up your domain correctly on the hosting servers admin panel.
Uploading Your Web site files to the server.
As we learnt in the beginning , You need to have a FTP Client program installed in your pc to transfer files to the web server , however you can also do this without a help of a FTP Client by manually uploading they files , but it can be time consuming and a lot of efforts , most of the Hosts support this feature.
We are going to use FileZilla which is a FREE FTP Solution , Click here to download! You can download Windows , Linux and Mac Os versions depending on your Operation System.
This is how it looks like when you have installed and opened FileZilla in your PC.
What it does is that it makes a connection to the server given the settings correctly and will allow you to transfer files quickly.You can even transfer Videos , Mp3 files , Images , Documents etc.There are many FTP clients available including web based FTP Programs.Usually it is very easy and Fun working with FTP!
FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
Ok , we will be adding the information such as Host, Username, Password to the FTP and get connected.Where do you find these information ? You find all the in the hosting control panel.
Please click on the link below Next to view how to set up FTP .