Setting up a website, Step by Step

If you are an advanced user, click here to get started. You'll be able to start uploading to your new website in minutes.

Otherwise, if you have never setup a website before, read on...

Setting up a quality website isn't really as hard as you might imagine. There are three basic steps:

Step One: Find a webhost

Whenever you connect to a website with your browser, the website that is displayed is being sent to your browser by a webserver. Web Hosts are companies which "rent out" their webservers for you to put your website onto.

As you may have guessed, phpwebhosting.com is such a company and we hope that we can earn your business.

Step Two: Get a domain name

This is really an optional step, but one that most people will want to take. A domain name is the familiar www.companyname.com that you see splattered on the most unlikely of places these days :). A domain name makes it easy for a potential visitor to get to your site. Without a domain name, your website will only be accessible through yourname.phpwebhosting.com.

Registering a domain name is a separate process from getting a webhost and involves a separate company from your webhosting company. There is a link at the bottom of this page that will help you registering a domain name.

Though you will most likely want a domain name, you don't need to have one in order to start working on your website. You can sign up with phpwebhosting now and use the domain name yourcompany.phpwebhosting.com to access your site. Later on, when you are ready to "go live" with your website, you can register a domain name and we will attach it to your account at phpwebhosting.

Step Three: Create and upload your website

There are many different ways to create a website ranging from fully automated programs to totally manual webpage creation. Even most word processors can now save your documents as a webpage.

Once you have created your site, you then use a program called FTP(File Transfer Protocol) to transfer("upload") your files to our webserver. Once your files are uploaded to the server, you (and everyone else on the internet) can then view your website through a web browser!

And then...

Once you have these basics covered, there is still a whole world of things you can do to enhance your website. We offer free access to your own database and a great scripting engine (php) which you can use to make webpages that are fully interactive and customizable for each visitor.

You can get started right away by signing up for webhosting from phpwebhosting.com, just click here. If you sign up with your credit card, you can begin uploading your website in just a few minutes.

Keep in mind that we have a full 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee. If you aren't happy with our services, just send us an email and we'll refund all fees you paid to us. You've got nothing to lose!