Congratulations and thank you for purchasing a shared hosting account from Hostyfile! This article will help you get started configuring your website.
Customer Portal
After you purchase a hosting package from Hostyfile, you receive a Welcome e-mail message that provides information about how to access your account on the Hostyfile Customer Portal. The Customer Portal enables you to view your account's product information, including:
- Domain name and IP address.
- cPanel URLs and login information.
- FTP server and login information.
- E-mail server and login information.
- DNS name server information.
- SSH account information.
Configuring name server settings
For your website to work correctly, you must configure your domain name (for example, example.com) to use Hostyfile's name servers.
Managing your website with Cpanel
cPanel is Hostyfile's preferred management interface, and you can use it to control all aspects of your website.
Accessing your account
You can access your account in a number of ways: SSH (Secure Shell), FTP (File Transfer Protocol), and more.
Setting up e-mail
E-mail is an important part of running a website, and cPanel makes it easy to set up and manage accounts.
Publishing your website
To publish website files and make them publicly viewable, upload them to your account's public_html directory. You can update your website files whenever you want. However, please note that any files you upload that are not in the public_html directory (or in a subdirectory beneath public_html) are not publicly viewable.
If you already have a website with another hosting provider and are moving it to Hostyfile, you may want to migrate your website data to your new account.
We're here to help!
If you get stuck on something or just have a question about how something works, we're here for you. You can always open a support ticket on the Hostyfile Customer Portal at https://hostyfile.net/billing/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase
