Anyone know about website hosting and add-on domains?
Question from :
I would like to start a SMALL web design business where I intend to buy hosting for maybe 10 or 20 websites for customers that won’t have a need to have their own Control Panel. Most hosting sites seem to have pretty cheap hosting plans where you can host “Unlimited Domains”. It sounds like this would be all I need, as long as I didn’t need each website “owner” to be able to have their own control panel, because I think there would be one Primary domain (my web design company’s domain) and all the other websites I host would be “add-ons”. At least this is what Host Gator told me.
Assuming you understand what I’m looking to do, do you agree that one of these cheaper hosting plans that off hosting for unlimited domains would be all I need (usually they are about 5 – 8 dollars per month)?
And if anyone could elaborate on exactly what “addons” are, that would be great. I just need to make sure that if one of my customers has the domain www.theirwebsite.com and it’s one of these “addons” in my hosting account, they will still be able to get to the website by typing “www.theirwebsite.com” into any web browser. I’m a little fuzzy on the downside of “addons” (if any)
Answer:
What HostGator says is true. Are you already committed to getting an account with them? If so use this Host Gator Coupon Code: HGFOR25LESS to save 25% on your first term.
If you’re still shopping, you can do way better on the pricing and still get unlimited domains by getting a WebHostingPad account. Hosting is as low as $1.99/month. That’s a far cry from the $5-$8 that HG wants. And if you use Web Hosting Pad Coupon Code: FREEDOMAIN, you can get your domain name free.
How Addon Domains Work
When you get our WHP account, you’ll sign up with a primary domain name. That will be yours. Probably your web design company name. To set up addon domains..
- Your customers will buy a domain name (or you buy it for them). A name is the same no matter where you buy it from, so use the cheapest domain name registrar. I use NameCheap. Use the coupon code on that page.
- You then login to Name Cheap and change the DNS nameservers to ns1.webhostingpad.com and ns2.webhostingpad.com.
- Then login to your WHP cPanel control panel, go to Domains and create an addon domain using the new domain name. (Just remember, you have to change those nameservers first.) It will create a folder in the root of your hosting account with the domain name.
- Now publish their website files to that folder.
- When you type their domain name in the browser, it will resolve to their site, just like you want.
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Adding Another Domain To iPage or HostGator
Question from :
Say I already have a hosting account with iPage or HostGator. If I add another domain is that like a sep site? If I already have an account (web hosting + domain), if I add another domain is that basically creating a new website that points to a directory in my current website?
Thanks.
Answer:
That’s exactly how it works. When you create an add-on domain, it creates a folder in your root directory and all your web pages for the new domain go in there, but you access the new domain with the domain name, not the folder name because when you create the add-on domain, the control panel software automatically creates the redirect in the background and points the domain to the folder. Ok, that’s a long sentence. lol
For HostGator in cPanel you’d use Add-On Domain.
For iPage in vDeck you’d use the Domain Pointing Manager.
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Is HostGator compatible with Windows Vista?
Question from J K:
Is hostgator compatible with windows Vista? On their site, they had package for Linux only.
Answer:
Your computer’s operating system doesn’t matter, therefore there is no such thing as any web host being compatible with Vista. They are two different things. Your browser communicates with the web server, not your operating system.
So, yes, HostGator is “compatible” with your Windows Vista computer. Use this HostGator coupon code to save 25%.
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What are the costs associated with owning a website?
Question:
I plan on starting a website and I was wondering what costs might be associated in this act. I know about how much the domain name will cost me and I’ve already chosen my host. So, aside from this, are there any online related costs to starting a site? I’ve been hearing about this bandwidth thing, but I’m unsure if that’s for people who host their own sites or for everyone, like people that use hosting sites such as justhost, webhostinghub, and hostgator? All help is appreciated.
Answer:
You can get really cheap domain names at NameCheap. Then just pick a cheap web hosting plan without a bunch of up-sells and that’s it. The only up-sell I would recommend is the daily backup & selective recovery service.
Web hosting plans are advertised as a per month price, but paid for in advance. The typical offerings are 12, 24 and 36 months. The longer the term, the cheaper the per month price.
Of the 3 you mentioned, JustHost is the cheapest and HostGator the most expensive. WebHostingHub is right in the middle, but offers the best value, in my opinion. I had a JH account and I currently have a Hub account. My Hub account outperforms that old JH account. WordPress is blazing fast at the Hub. It’s the best blog host.
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Which host should I use for WordPress?
WebHostingHub for WordPress
Question from ahubb:
I am trying to decide between Webhostinghub.com, DreamHost, and HostGator. Which of those is the simplest/best to use?
Also considering Blue Host.
Answer:
Click here to read why I like WebHostingHub for WordPress.
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I don’t understand how to install wordpress
How To Install WordPress
Question:
ok… i’ve looked up many tutorials on how to install wordpress, and so far, the best one i’ve found so far is: http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Install-WordPress—fast–easy-96425056
around 0:41, he copies the files to his “host” which i think is wordpress, but i have no idea. i’ve been trying to search for the answer here on yahoo, google, etc. what exactly is this “host” and where can i find it? how do i get there?
If possible, please try to give a thorough explanation on how to do so :’)
Answer:
The host he speaks of is not “wordpress”. He’s got is own web hosting account that he bought. There are two types of WordPress installations.
- The free version at WordPress.com which is severely restricted with all kinds of Terms of Service and the inability to use your own themes and upload plugins.
- The self-hosted version that you install on your own web hosting account. This version of the software opens up a whole new world to blogging in that you are able to use your own themes, upload plugins and put anything you want on it, including monetizing it.
You would only need to follow that video if the WordPress software wasn’t already available for installation on your web hosting account. If you purchased web hosting that uses the cPanel or vDeck control panel, both already include a software installer. The installer will either be Fantastico Deluxe or SimpleScripts. If you have cPanel it will be in the Software section. If you have vDeck, it will be in the Scripts and Add Ons section.
Then you’d click on either Fantastico or SimpleScripts and locate WordPress and click on it. Just fill in the fields to install WordPress. There is nothing to upload like the Guvnr is doing in that video because the software’s already there on the hosting account.
Best WordPress Hosting
So, who has the best WordPress hosting? My #1 choice is WebHostingHub. WordPress is blazing fast on their servers. Other good choices are iPage, BlueHost, HostGator or HostMonster. iPage is the only one of those that runs vDeck. All the others use cPanel. I prefer cPanel because it’s a little geekier. vDeck is fine for people who just want to run a blog or website and not be concerened about the technical side of their sites.
WordPress – Limit Number of Posts on Homepage
Question: Hello, I was modifying my home.php page by using the contents in the index.php (in the sanbox theme). I don’t have any experience with php.
I need to do several things
1. Limit the number of post display on the home page: I want only 3 or 4 articles displaying at a time, not ALL of them
2. Confine the space the each sample of each post takes: For example, I want to confined the sample of the post to only 300px in height, and then the “read more” link. This way I have control over my layout. Hope that makes sense.
3. The sample of the posts flows to the next column: So say I have 2 columns, and each sample shown in sequence, 3 posts in column 1 and 3 posts in column 2. Too vague, I know, but I can’t really explain it better.
Any tricks or help would be much appreciated.
Answer: You don’t have to modify ANY theme code to get all the effects you want. Use these two plugins:
- Homepage Excerpts – Control both the number of posts to display on the homepage and how many characters of text for each of those posts.
- Magazine Columns – Divides your posts into 2 or more columns. Really slick.
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How do I get my blog to look like my website?
Question: I have an existing website and I’ve successfully managed to install wordpress into the website but it has made itself into a separate page such as domainsite.net/wordpress. And that’s fine and all but unfortunately the blog page doesn’t share the same layout as the rest of the site. So what I’m wondering is how I get my site layout onto my wordpress blog so it matches. Would I have to make the current site layout into a wordpress theme? And if so, how would I do that? Thanks.
Answer: First, WordPress installs where you tell it to install when you supply a folder name on install. If you don’t install WordPres into its own folder like “wordpress” or “blog”, then it will install in the root of the domain you selected, thereby conflicting with your website’s home page. It looks like you installed WordPress into a folder called “wordpress”, so it didn’t “…made itself into…” anything because you told it where to install.
You can’t get your website template into your WordPress installation, but you can make your own WordPress theme. You can exactly replicate the colors in your site’s theme by using a color picker to snag the color codes and then use them in the new theme. I used Filebird’s free Color Picker 1.0. It uses a little eye dropper to grab the color of any item displayed on your monitor. If you have header graphics and still have the original image files that made the graphics, with the help of an image editor (I user Real Draw Pro), you can create a header image for WordPress and even make your own background.
So, how do you make your own WordPress theme? With the only program of its kind – Artiseer. Click here to download Artisteer for free and try it out. I’ve been using it for several years now and the new version 3 is the best. I’ve completely stopped using Expression Web and started building WordPress themes instead. The new version also has a widgetized multi-column footer like those fancy Web 2.0 sites made so popular.
I can make a blog look just like an traditional HTML site by using pages instead of posts. With the help of a few plugins, you can really do some magical stuff with WordPress. WordPress’ new built-in menuing system is the bomb! No more screwing around with navigation menus. You can even make custom menus and use them in sidebar widgets.
You already have a web hosting account, but for anyone else who wants to start a WordPress blog, get some good WordPress hosting. For the best blog host I recommened either iPage with the vDeck control panel or HostGator with the cPanel control panel. Both have 1-click installation of WordPress.
Integrating WordPress into existing GoDaddy hosting: what’s the next step?
Question: Here’s the deal: I have a GoDaddy domain and purchased hosting a few months ago. My coding isn’t that good, though, and someone told me I could install WordPress as an application and basically build my website that way.
I’ve installed the app (took a few hours to “create the database,” but it finished), but there’s nothing telling me what to do next! The closest thing to a next step I saw was to pick a pre-made template and pay for it. I can design my own, really, or at least would like a free one. I’ve already paid for the hosting, so what happens now? Also, I was told I could easily add plug-ins, like a lightbox gallery. Don’t know how to do that either.
If it matters, it’s for a graphic design website–to show off my portfolio and the like, not a blog.
All help is appreciated!
Answer: I think you screwed up. In fact, I know you screwed up. Your first mistake was getting goDaddy for web hosting. Your second mistake was doing a hand-job on the WordPress installation. WordPress should already be there in your control panel. All you have to do is install it and WP takes cares of everything, including creating the database and it ONLY takes a few seconds. If you’re within the guarantee period, I’d cancel that account, get your money back and get some REAL web hosting from HostGator. You’ll be able to install WordPress from within the cPanel control panel. You’ll find it in the Software section in the Fantastico 1-click software installer.
WordPress: To Sub Domain or Not to Sub Domain, That’s the Question
Question:
1. I am building a website based on citys in the USA. I am wondering if its better to build out these citys on city.domain.com or just do, domain.com/city/
2. If I do city.domain.com do I set it up like its own website? I am using WordPress on my own web hosting. I have the option to fully host a city.domain.com
So do I set up wordpress on the main domain.com and set up wordpress on the sub.domain.com as well?
I am using wordpress not as a blog. Its my own custom version
Answer: If you do the sub-domain route, you’ll end up with 50 different websites to maintain. If you use the sub-directory method, you’ll have 1 website and 50 different different sub-directories, but they’ll all be under one roof. From a been there, done that perspective, I’d do the sub-directory method.
Did you know that you can make your own WordPress themes with Artisteer?
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