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How do I start using my Website Builder service?

Once you have bought the Website Builder Service, you need to take the following steps in order to start building your website.

Provide your FTP details for publishing your website

Your Website Builder package allows you to publish your website on a web server of your choice. You need to supply the FTP access details provided by your Web Hosting Service Provider, to our Website Builder before you can start publishing. To set these details, follow the steps given below:

  1. Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name for which you have purchased this Service and proceed to the Order Details view. Click here to learn how >>
     
  2. Here, click the Modify FTP Details button.
     
  3. Mention the FTP details provided by your current Hosting Provider here and click Modify to submit -
     
    • FTP Username
    • FTP Password
    • FTP Hostname
    • FTP Port
    • FTP Path

IMPORTANT

If you have bought your Web Hosting package through Gossimer, then you need to submit the following details here:

  • FTP Username - This could be either the default FTP Username created for you at the time of purchase of your Web Hosting package with us, or any other user added by yourself.
     
  • FTP Password - Likewise, this is the FTP Password corresponding to the FTP Username entered above.
     
  • FTP Hostname - Mention the domain name here for which you have purchased Web Hosting with us. This is also known as the Primary Domain Name.
     
  • FTP Port - This needs to be mentioned as 21.
     
  • FTP Path - By default, this needs to be mentioned as
     
    • /web if you have a Linux Hosting package
       
    • Web if you have a Windows Hosting package

    If you are not using the default FTP user, then the FTP Path needs to correspond to the directory, this FTP User has been given access to.

 

Create your website using the Website Builder Tool

When you start creating your website, you are first taken to the QuickStart Wizard, which enables you to setup your website quickly and effectively. Click here for instructions on building your Website >>

 

Access your Website

You may access your website using your domain name or any alternate URL provided by your Web Hosting Service Provider.

IMPORTANT

When you purchase Web Hosting Service with Gossimer, the Email (with instructions about Web Hosting Service) sent to you, specifies a temporary URL that you can use to view your website in a web browser.

In order to point your own domain name to your website, you need to change the Name servers of your domain name. Follow the process outlined below to know what Name servers you need to use:

  1. Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name for which you have purchased this Service and proceed to the Order Details view. Click here to learn how >>
     
  2. Click the View Name Server Details button.
     
  3. Here, you would find the list of Name servers you need to set for your domain name.
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Click here to find out how you can modify the Name Servers, if you have registered your domain name with Gossimer >>
 
 
 
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