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How do I start/upload my site to your hosting?

Answer: To get started, you will probably want to upload your site and test it on a free subdomain. Please go to your control panel Subdomain Manager menu and create a subdomain on any of the domains you are allowed as options in the dropdown menu.

You will notice that a corresponding directory for that subdomain is automatically created for it at path: /home/www/sub.domain.com and such folder is created in the File Manager.

Please make sure you upload your web data (site) to this folder. You will then be able to address your site by typing in http://sub.domain.com (note “www.” won’t work for subdomains).

If you do not have an FTP client yet, we recommend you download and familiarize yourself with FileZilla. Very efficient and easy to use http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

To establish FTP connection, please start your FTP client, type in the login details in their respective fields
FTP Hostname: All FTP Hostnames are listed in your control panel, FTP Manager menu on the bottom of the page;
FTP Username: FTP username is listed in your Control Panel, FTP Manager menu;
FTP Password: The one you have assigned to your FTP account. For the default one FTP account if you haven’t changed it, the password is the same as your initial hosting account password;

If you are using a particular FTP client that also has a field input for “Remote directory”, please type in: /home/www

You may find the File Manager very useful to browse over your site’s files and even edit these files.

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