By now you should have already registered your hosting account from the previous step . This step is simply to link your domain from the domain registrar to let them know that you have a server ready to host your domain. I’ll explain in detail how you get this done below but first you’d need to look for that welcome email your hosting company sent you after they have activated your hosting account. It looks something like this
Obviously i have removed some sensitive information from it. All you need right now are the nameserver addresses which i have highlighted in the above image. There’s usually 2 nameserver addresses that web hosting companies give you. Copy them up somewhere first. Now , depending on which domain registrar you chose you will need to login to their website and look for a link to change the default nameservers currently used by your domain. Here’s a few step-by-step guides by the domain registrar companies themselves about how to change the nameservers :
Godaddy.com – http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/664/setting-nameservers-for-your-domain-names
Namecheap.com – https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-can-i-change-the-nameservers-for-my-domain
Dynadot.com – http://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/set-name-servers
Their instructions are pretty straight forward and easy to understand. In case you’re stuck just hit me up and i’ll help you out :)
After you have done this step, you’d need to wait at least a day for DNS propagation for servers worldwide to sync your website’s new address to your hosting server. It usually is alot quicker than a day but i’d say 1 day just to be sure. After propagation is complete you can go login back to your hosting account and start building your website! There’s tonnes of scripts or CMS (content management systems) which are available free of charge on the internet. They are readily available and easy to use for beginners. My personal favorite would be WordPress as it has evolved from a blogging platform to a multi-funtion CMS. It’s easy to use and do not requite any knowledge of programming or coding at all, perfect for beginners. I’d suggest you to checkout the WordPress.org platform for starters.
I talk more in depth about the platform in a seperate article how you can setup a website/blog based on the WordPress platform. As always , if you have any questions or comments do contact me through my contact link available at the sidebar of this blog.
Obviously i have removed some sensitive information from it. All you need right now are the nameserver addresses which i have highlighted in the above image. There’s usually 2 nameserver addresses that web hosting companies give you. Copy them up somewhere first. Now , depending on which domain registrar you chose you will need to login to their website and look for a link to change the default nameservers currently used by your domain. Here’s a few step-by-step guides by the domain registrar companies themselves about how to change the nameservers :
Godaddy.com – http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/664/setting-nameservers-for-your-domain-names
Namecheap.com – https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-can-i-change-the-nameservers-for-my-domain
Dynadot.com – http://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/set-name-servers
Their instructions are pretty straight forward and easy to understand. In case you’re stuck just hit me up and i’ll help you out :)
After you have done this step, you’d need to wait at least a day for DNS propagation for servers worldwide to sync your website’s new address to your hosting server. It usually is alot quicker than a day but i’d say 1 day just to be sure. After propagation is complete you can go login back to your hosting account and start building your website! There’s tonnes of scripts or CMS (content management systems) which are available free of charge on the internet. They are readily available and easy to use for beginners. My personal favorite would be WordPress as it has evolved from a blogging platform to a multi-funtion CMS. It’s easy to use and do not requite any knowledge of programming or coding at all, perfect for beginners. I’d suggest you to checkout the WordPress.org platform for starters.
I talk more in depth about the platform in a seperate article how you can setup a website/blog based on the WordPress platform. As always , if you have any questions or comments do contact me through my contact link available at the sidebar of this blog.
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