Welcome to the getting started with your web hosting account guide.
This guide provides information about the basic functions needed to utilize your new web hosting account.
This guide assumes that you have verified your email address and received your web hosting account details.
Table of contents
- Accessing your web hosting control panel (CP)
- Understanding your directory structure
- Basic HTML help ( html editing software, images, links etc.)
- Uploading files with FTP (FileZilla)
- Uploading files with your File Manager
- Registering a domain name & updating name servers
- Adding a top level domain (tld) to your account
- Where to get help / support
- Upgrading your web hosting plan
#6 - Registering a domain name & updating name servers
We highly suggest that you register your domain name with GoDaddy.com
GoDaddy is a Domain Name company started by Bob Parsons, who was the founder of GoDaddy Software (started back in 1988).
Ferox Media Ltd. has been using and recommending GoDaddy to our members ever since we first started this Free Web Hosting service.
Not only does GoDaddy offer the cheapest price for domain names but they also have the best 24/7 customer support.
Be smart, choose GoDaddy for your domain name registrar.
Updating the name servers for your domain name
In order for you to be able to host and use your top level (tld) domain name with your free web hosting account, you must first update the name servers (NS) for your domain name to use our NS records.
The name servers for our Free Web Hosting service is as follows.
ns1.free-web-hosting.biz
ns2.free-web-hosting.biz
The name servers needs to be updated where you registstered your domain name.
Example:
If you registered your domain name with GoDaddy.com
, login to your customer / domain account at Godaddy and update the name servers for your domain name from there.