Domain to website

We are still writing this one. The steps without a link are next up, and the ones already written stand on their own in the meantime.

1. 1
   Choosing a domain name and extension

   “I want to register a domain for my business. Should I get .uk, .co.uk or .com, and what makes a good name? Explain what each extension signals to a UK visitor, whether to buy more than one, and the naming mistakes that are expensive to undo later.”

   8 min read
2. 2
   Registering a domain in your Hostworld account

   “A customer wants to register a domain with us. Walk through searching for one in the Hostworld client area, what the registration period options mean, what the registrant contact details are used for and why they must be accurate, and what happens immediately after payment. One route, ours. Link to ”

   4 min read
3. 3
   Ordering web hosting in your Hostworld account

   “A customer wants to order hosting from us. Walk through choosing a package, what is included as standard, adding a domain during checkout, and what arrives in the welcome email including where the cPanel login lives. One route, ours. Do not compare us to anyone. Link to the guide on choosing a packa”

   Not written yet
4. 4
   Your first tour of cPanel

   “I have just logged into cPanel for the first time and there are about sixty icons. Which ones will I actually use, and what does each of them do? Give a tour that leaves someone able to find File Manager, email accounts, databases, the PHP version switcher and the SSL section without hunting.”

   10 min read
5. 5
   Pointing your nameservers, and what propagation really means

   “How do I point my domain at my hosting, and why is my site still not showing? Explain nameservers against DNS records, what actually happens during propagation, how to check it properly rather than guessing, and why "allow 24 to 48 hours" is a poor answer.”

   Not written yet
6. 6
   How to install WordPress

   “Someone wants WordPress running on their hosting. This is the broad guide that covers EVERY way of doing it, not just ours, because that is what the search term means. - Open by naming the methods and saying which is right for whom. - The one-click installer in cPanel (Softaculous), ours, described”

   Not written yet
7. 7
   Checking your free SSL certificate in cPanel

   “A customer says their site shows "not secure". Answer it: where to check the certificate in cPanel, how long issuance takes on a new domain, how to force HTTPS, and how to fix the mixed-content warning that persists afterwards in WordPress. Our panel, our route.”

   Not written yet
8. 8
   How to Create an Email Account in cPanel?

   “How to Create an Email Account in cPanel?”

   4 min read
9. 9
   The go-live checklist

   “My site is built. What should I check before I tell anyone about it? A genuine checklist: SSL, www against non-www, search engine visibility left switched on, contact form actually delivering, backups running, a page that is not the default theme, and mobile.”

   Not written yet