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Your hosting account has a built-in file manager you can use to upload files to your hosting account.
Keeping a backup of your website is a wonderful idea. It provides insurance against all types of setbacks, such as security compromises and inadvertently deleting your entire site (it happens).
We suggest backing up your site before you make changes each and every time. That way, if something goes awry, you have a fresh copy that you know is working. It might seem like a hassle, but the first time you use a backup, you’re going to pat yourself on the back for having so much foresight.
If your hosting account has any databases, back them up first. This puts copies of your databases in a directory called _db_backups so you can download them later.
For more information, see the Backing up a MySQL or MSSQL Databasesection of Backing up and Restoring MySQL or MSSQL Databases.
The easiest way to back up your website is with a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client. This lets you connect your local computer to your hosting account and move files between them. To back up your website, you’ll just copy all of the files from your hosting account to your local computer.
We recommend using FileZilla. For more information, see Backup your website with FTP and FileZilla.
It’s a good idea to keep these backups in a unique folder on your computer called something like website backups. In that folder, create another folder with the date you created the backup, e.g. feb2013 — put all of your files in here. This way, you can easily figure out when you created each backup in case you need to use one.
After backing up your hosting account, you can use the backup to restore it (more info).
If your website has been compromised, you might need to change the administrator password for your website application (or Content Management System/CMS).
The process for this depends on your application, the situation you’re in, and your familiarity with different website tools. One common method of changing your administrator password that works for every CMS, though, is changing your password through phpMyAdmin (Web & Classic / cPanel / Plesk / Managed WordPress).
| WordPress® | Resetting Your Password |
| Joomla! | How do you recover or reset your admin password? |
| Drupal | Recovering the administrator password |
Your hosting account has a built-in tool to make installing applications like WordPress®, Joomla!®, Drupal® and others simple.
Note: You can perform click Install if your hosting account is compatible with the application.
Warning: If you want to install the application in the root of your website, leave the Directory field empty.
WordPress® is a personal publishing platform, or content management system, that you can use to set up a blog on your website.
WordPress will be installed to your hosting account with the options you selected within 24 hours. When it’s complete, you’ll receive a confirmation email.
You can create databases on your hosting account for your websites to use. The types of databases depend on which type of hosting you have (more info):
| MySQL | MS SQL | Access | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web & Classic Linux | ✓ | – | – |
| Web Windows | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Classic Windows | ✓ | ✓ | – |
Access databases are no longer supported by IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com.
If you are creating a database to install an application like WordPress, you can alternatively install it through your control panel without creating a database yourself (more info).
Note: If you need to Allow Direct Database Access, but do not see the field, contact customer support. Direct Database Access is only available on paid hosting plans. If you are not sure what Direct Database Access is, see Connect remotely to databases
It takes up to 1 hour to create a database.
Once the database is created, you can click Actions, and then Details to find more information, such as its host name.
WordPress® is a personal publishing platform, or content management system, that you can use to set up a blog on your website.
WordPress will be installed to your hosting account with the options you selected within 24 hours. When it’s complete, you’ll receive a confirmation email.
If you have built your website with a text editor or program such as Dreamweaver, you will need to use an FTP client to upload your website from your computer to your cPanel hosting account.
Note: Your cPanel hosting account must be set up before you can upload files to it.
We recommend FileZilla for FTP, but you can also use the FTP settings that you located previously for other FTP clients and sitebuilders. The instructions below reflect connecting via FTP with Filezilla.
| Field | What to enter… |
|---|---|
| Host | Your domain name or IP address |
| Username | Your FTP/cPanel username |
| Password | Your FTP password |
| Port | 21 |
index.html or index.php.Note: How long it takes to upload your website depends on its size and your internet connection.
Now that your files are uploaded, you can go to your domain name and see your website!
After you purchase a hosting plan, you need to set it up before you can use it to host your website.
Get your site online using one of these options: