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Using the Web Hosting Service

Once you have purchased a Web Hosting Service for your domain name with Domain Central, you need to take the following steps to begin using it:

Upload your website using FTP

  • Where should you upload your website content?

    • Windows Hosting package: 1

    • Linux Hosting package: 2

    • cPanel Linux Hosting package: For cPanel Linux Hosting, simply upload your website content to the public_html folder. The folder www is simply a link/alias to this public_html folder. 3

  • How to Upload content to your Web Hosting package?

    You can configure and use any FTP client to upload content to your website. 4

Access your Website

Once you have uploaded your content on our Web Hosting server, you may preview your website from a temporary URL. This URL is available, both in the email that is mailed to you upon purchase as well as within the Order Details view of your Web Hosting Order. 5

When you are satisfied that your content has been uploaded to Domain Central's server, you need to point your domain name to your website hosted with us. To do this you need to either:

  • change the Name Servers of your domain name to ours (recommended), or

  • create the necessary DNS Records on your existing Name Servers.

Follow the process outlined below to know what Name Servers you need to use, or what DNS Records you need to create in case you use your existing Name Servers:

  1. Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name for which you have purchased this Hosting Order and go to the Order Details view. 6

  2. Click the Name Server Details link.

  3. Here, you would find the list of Name Servers you need to set for your domain name. Alternatively, if you wish to retain the Name Servers of your domain name instead of using our Name Servers, you would need to add the DNS Records listed on this page, on your existing Name Servers. Modifying the Name Servers if you have Registered your domain name with Domain Central

  1. 1. Uploading your content in your Windows Hosting package
  2. 2. Uploading your content in your Linux Hosting package
  3. 3. Directory and File Structure of a cPanel Linux Hosting package
  4. 4. Configuring and using various FTP Clients
  5. 5. Reaching the Order Details view
  6. 6. Locating your domain name