Web Hosting & Domain Names
Put a website online and manage your domain names: hosting panel, uploading files, databases, e-mail addresses, SSL certificate, DNS zone, nameservers and domain transfers.
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Reaching your web hosting panel and taking the first steps
The hosting block in your client area, one-click sign-in to the Plesk panel, the quotas on display and what you find there on the first visi...
Publishing your site: files, FTP and PHP version
Upload your website files into the right folder, with the file manager or an FTP client, and set the PHP version your application needs.
Creating and using a MySQL database
Create a database and its user, find the four connection parameters, import an SQL file and back up your data regularly.
Creating and configuring your e-mail addresses
Create a mailbox on your domain, collect it from a client or a phone, understand the indispensable MX record and improve deliverability.
Moving your site to HTTPS with an SSL certificate
Issue a free Let's Encrypt certificate from Plesk, force the redirect to HTTPS and fix mixed-content warnings.
Registering a domain name and connecting it to your hosting
Order a domain, confirm the registrant address in time, choose your nameservers and understand how renewal works here.
Understanding and editing your DNS zone
The eight record types you can create, what TTL really controls, the one-click templates, the CNAME traps and how long propagation actually...
Transferring a domain, transfer lock and registrant details
Bring a domain to By-Hoster, let one leave, manage the lock, the authorisation code, WHOIS privacy and the registrant contact details.
Pointing a domain managed elsewhere to your web hosting
Your domain lives at Cloudflare, OVH or Gandi and our DNS zone has no effect: the records to create at your provider, plus the free subdomai...
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