Latest articles: Setup
The latest articles for this subsite.
- 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.
- 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.
- Create a noreply email account
- An email account tied to the domain used for Smallsite Design is needed to send notifications, while ignoring replies.
- Delete a site
- Sometimes the only way to delete a site is to delete all the files it uses.
- Rent a domain name
- A domain name is the globally unique identifier for a site, and hence is required.
- 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 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.
- Create a forwarder
- A forwarder is an alias for an email account, where all received emails can be sent on to a nominated email address or deleted.
- Add account to email client
- Most access their domain email accounts using an email client rather than the web interface.
- 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.