| Step 1) Modify DNS Settings
Please skip this step if you registered your domain
uswebhosting.com. In order for your website to be
accessed, you need to point your domain name to our
servers. To accomplish this, go to the website of the
registrar that handled your domain registration, and
select the option to modify your DNS (Domain Name
Server) record. Your DNS settings are sent to you in
the 1st email after you sign up. The DNS changes take
anywhere from 24 to 72hours to take effect.
- For godaddy.com customers
Click here to change your DNS settings if you used
godaddy.com to register your domain name. When
prompted, enter the name and password you used to
create your domain. Then click on manage domains, then
the domain name you wish to change. Under nameserver
summary, click on "click here to see details or
modify". Once there, change nameserver 1 to
ns1.uswebhosting.com and nameserver 2 to
ns2.uswebhosting.com and save theses settings.
- For register.com customers
Click here to change your DNS settings if you used
Register.com to register your domain name. When
prompted, enter the name and password you used to
create your domain, and click on "Modify DNS". Check
off the "Delete" boxes next to all existing DNS
entries, and enter our settings in each of the blank
boxes (directly below the settings to be deleted).
Then click on "Yes" to enter your changes. You will
then be sent a confirmation via e-mail (to the e-mail
address you provided at the time your domain was
registered) which must be returned in order for these
changes to take effect. No changes will be made unless
you return that notice.
- Verisign / Network Solutions Customers:
Click here to change your DNS settings if you used
Network Solutions to register your domain name. Enter
your domain name or account number and password, and
click "Go". Select "I want to:" "transfer my Domain
Name to another ISP", and click on "Go". Enter your
e-mail address (this should be the e-mail address you
provided at the time your domain was registered), and
click on "Go". You should now see your complete domain
name record and contact information. Scroll down about
half way through the form to the "Name Server
Information" section, and replace the old Primary and
Secondary DNS settings sent to you in the sign-up
email from uswebhosting.com. Click on "Submit This Form For
Processing". You will then be sent a confirmation via
e-mail (to the e-mail address you provided at the time
your domain was registered) which must be returned in
order for these changes to take effect. No changes
will be made unless you return that notice.
Step 2) Test your domain
You will not be able to receive e-mail at your domain,
nor upload or access your website with your domain
name until your domain registration is processed, or
the DNS settings are changed by your registrar (it
usually takes from 24 to 72 hours). To confirm your
domain is active and DNS settings are correct, access
your domain name in a web browser as you would any
other website. If you see your new empty web directory
or a "Coming Soon" message, your domain is pointed to
our servers and is ready for use. If you see something
else, and it has been over 72 hours since you
registered your domain or changed DNS settings, please
contact your registrar for support. Also, make sure
you provided the correct DNS settings (see step 2) by
viewing your domain record through your registrar. You
can also use dnsstuff.com WHOIS tool for the most up
to date information about your domain name. Please
make sure that the whois record for your domain shows
our DNS settings.
Step 3) Set up mailboxes
Log in to your control panel. Click "Add/Remove Accounts" link. Click "add account" link at the bottom, and fill in the email address and password you wish to create. You may leave the Quota field the same. Click "Create". You have just created an email address.
Step 4) Set up your mail client
There is an automated set up option available through
the Control Panel. Alternatively, you may use this
guide.
To configure reception of your e-mail, choose the
option to set up a new mail account in your default
mail client (i.e. Outlook Express or Eudora) and enter
the following settings for your mail servers:
Incoming Mail Server (POP3): mail.yourname.com
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): mail.yourname.com
For sending mail, you must enable SMTP authentication
in your e-mail client.
If you have Outlook Express as your e-mail client
software, please follow the instructions below to set
up incoming and outgoing mail:
- Click on "Tools", "Accounts", and "Mail" tabs.
- Click on the "Add" and "Mail" tabs.
- Under "Display name", enter the name you want people
to see when they receive your messages, and click on
"Next".
- Enter the complete e-mail address for the account you
are trying to set up in the "E-mail address" field,
and click on "Next".
- Enter mail.yourname.com in both the "Incoming Mail
Server" and the "Outgoing Mail Server" fields, and
click on "Next".
- Enter your complete e-mail address in the "Account
Name" field. For example, if your email address is
info@yourname.com, you would enter "info@yourname.com" as the account login name.
- Enter your mailbox password in the "Password" field,
and click on "Next".
- Click on "Finish".
- Click on "Tools", "Accounts", and "Mail" tabs.
- Select your newly created mailbox, click on "Properties", and the click on "Servers".
- Under "Outgoing Mail Server", check off the "My server
requires authentication" box, as our SMTP outgoing
mail servers require authentication prior to sending
messages.
- Send a test message to your new mailbox to verify all
settings are correct.
Step 5) Design your website
We offer web design services and free web templates for Do It Yourself designers. The templates can be found by logging in and clicking on the "Downloads" link. Enjoy the convinience of hosting and web design with the same great company.
We also offer the free use of our SiteBuilder tool. This tool is for design beginners, and for those that want to design a site quickly.
Though it is a great tool, it does not replace a web designer, and has its limitations. In order to use it, go directly to the SiteBuilder page, and begin the design process.
SiteBuilder is very self explanatory, and takes you through the five steps where you pick a template for your site and modify it. If you are looking for more specific instructions,
please log in to your acccount, click on the download link, and download the SiteBuilder manual.
After you have gone through 4 steps of the design process, the 5th step will give you a temperary URL (it will look something like af342242.sitebuilder.mywebsitestudio.com)
. Note that URL down, or email it to yourself. Open a support ticket asking us to activate SiteBuilder, and copy that temperary URL in there. We will then activate your SiteBuilder and send you instructions on how to log in to your site.
After it is activated, you can log in and in step 5 you will see a Publish button. Click it, and you are online!
Step 6) Upload your website
You can use our web based File Manager, your web
browser, MicrosoftR FrontPageR, Adobe GoLive,
PageMill, Macromedia Dreamweaver, or any FTP program
to upload (publish) your website to the Internet. You
can upload, copy, create, rename and delete files and
directories online as many times as you need, 24 hours
a day 7 days a week. Note: unless you have a dedicated
IP, you will only be able to upload through the
Control Panel until your domain resolves to
uswebhosting.com servers. If you are looking for a
free FTP program, we recommend SmartFTP, which can be
downloaded from smartftp.com
If you do decide to use SmartFTP to upload, make sure the Address field shows "ftp.yourdomainname.com", the username
is your main Cpanel username sent to you in the welcome email, and the password is the password to go along with that username.
The port has to be set to 21. you can view tutorials available from smartFTP.com as well, they are very helpful.
Step 7) Access the Control Panel
You can access your control panel after the DNS fully
resolves to our servers by simply typing
http://yourdomainname.com/cpanel , replacing the
yourdomainname.com with your domain name. If you need
to access Cpanel before your DNS resolves, you can
access it by pointing your browser to
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/cpanel , replacing the x's with
your IP address. Administrative control panel can be
accessed here.
Step 6) Access Webmail
All of our accounts come with Webmail. In order for
your email to function properly, DNS must fully
resolve to our nameservers. Please allow up to 72
hours for that to happen. After it resolves, webmail
can be accessed by pointing your browser to http://yourdomain.com/webmail |
