OK, so you have registered your domains and pointed them to your hosting. You may be confused what to do next. I thought I would do a short writeup to help you out.

The next thing you need to do is get FTP software. FTP software will allow you to upload and download efficiently large amounts of files to your web host. You will need this in the future so you should download it now. Once you download your FTP software you should be able to access the FTP server by entering into the FTP software your hosting account login and password. The ftp server address to be typed in most FTP software should just be www.domainname.com

You can also “enter” your hosting account through Cpanel software. Cpanel is the most commonly used web host account software. The address to the Cpanel login page will be given by your hosting company. When you login there will be a “panel” of icons. You can check email, web stats, create files, etc. The file manager icon is where you can create/delete web pages/directories and upload files. Everything you can do in Cpanel’s file manager can be done in FTP software, but not as efficiently.

MySql Databases icon in Cpanel is where you will be doing your database work in order to “hook up” any complicated web software you download. PHPMyAdmin is also inside here where more advanced database work can be done.

So that is about it. The rest of the icons aren’t as important right now and you can learn them later. If you just want to set up a few simple html pages and thats it then you won’t need to read anymore of my tutorial. However, if you want a blog,forum, or any kind of advanced software you will want to read my next articles on this tutorial series.