Latest articles: Setup
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- Point to the hosting DNS servers
- Domain name servers translate a domain name into the numeric IP address of the computer on which its site resides. To do this, the registrar's computers must point to the hoster's domain name servers.
- Create an addon domain
- If following the recommendation to use one domain for the hosting account and another for actually hosting your site, an addon domain is required.
- Rent a domain name
- A domain name is the globally unique identifier for a site, and hence is required.
- Rent a hosting service
- Web sites are run on a server connected to the internet. While we can set our own up, normally we would rent one to save us a lot of effort.
- Disable site indexes
- For security, accessing websites not yet setup to serve content should not display a list of its file contents.
- Overall setup procedure
- This procedure covers all the tasks required for setting up a Smallsite Design site. Each step links to a detailed procedure for that task.
- Buy Smallsite Design
- Smallsite design is purchased through a seller, who will provide a license number, which when entered into a PHP file uploaded to your hosting server and run, will install the site software.
- Install Smallsite Design
- Smallsite Design is installed by running a special PHP program file uploaded to the root folder of the domain where it is to be installed.
- Configure PHP
- Smallsite Design uses the PHP programming language, but it needs to have the correct version and other settings.
- Delete a site
- Sometimes the only way to delete a site is to delete all the files it uses.