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How do I start using my Website Builder service?
Once you have bought the Website Builder
Service,
you need to take the following steps in order to start building your website.
Provide your FTP
details for publishing your website
Your Website Builder package allows you to publish your website on a web
server of your choice. You need to supply
the FTP access details provided by your Web Hosting Service Provider, to our Website Builder before you can
start publishing. To set these
details, follow the steps given below:
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Login to your
Control Panel, search for the domain name for which you have
purchased this Service and proceed to the Order Details view.
Click here to learn how
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Here, click the Modify FTP Details button.
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Mention the FTP details provided by your current Hosting
Provider here and click Modify to submit -
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FTP Username
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FTP Password
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FTP Hostname
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FTP Port
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FTP Path
IMPORTANT
If you have bought your Web Hosting package through TruVista, then you
need to submit the following details here:
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FTP Username - This could be either the default FTP Username created
for you at the time of purchase of your Web Hosting package with us,
or any other user added by yourself.
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FTP Password - Likewise, this is the FTP Password
corresponding to
the FTP Username entered above.
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FTP Hostname - Mention the domain name here for
which you have purchased Web Hosting with us. This is also known as the
Primary Domain Name.
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FTP Port - This needs to be mentioned as 21.
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FTP Path - By default, this needs to be mentioned
as
- /web if you have a Linux Hosting package
- Web if you have a Windows Hosting package
If you are not using the default FTP user, then the FTP Path
needs to correspond to the directory, this FTP User has been given
access to.
Create your website using the Website Builder
Tool
When you start creating your website, you
are first taken to the QuickStart Wizard, which enables you to setup your
website quickly and effectively.
Click here for instructions on
building your Website >>
Access your
Website
You may access your website
using your domain name or any alternate URL provided by your Web Hosting
Service Provider.
IMPORTANT
When you purchase Web Hosting Service with TruVista, the Email (with instructions about Web Hosting
Service) sent to you,
specifies a temporary URL that you can use to view your website in a web
browser.
In order
to point your own domain name to your website, you need to change the Name
servers of your domain name. Follow the process outlined below to
know what Name servers you need to use:
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Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name
for which you have purchased this Service and proceed to the Order Details
view.
Click here to learn how
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Click the View Name
Server Details button.
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Here, you would find the list of Name servers you need to
set for your domain name.
Click here to find out how you can modify the Name
Servers, if you have registered your domain
name with TruVista >>
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