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Ð ÐThe registrar normally "parks" your site by granting you an IP address for a tiny tree on one of their servers. You can
alternatively supply an IP address, which you should have received from your hosting company when you signed up.
Ð ÐHave your payment gateway ready because you'll be required to pay for the registrar's services next.
Ð ÐThe registrar then maps the domain name to either the IP address you gave or the IP address it used to park your
domain name on its server. The mapping is then sent to ICANN, where it is stored in a huge database that contains
all of the world's IP addresses and domain names.
You might be able to skip these steps if your web hosting company handles this process for you. Some registrars also
provide hosting services and will attempt to sell you a plan. Keep in mind that you are not obligated to host your site
with the same registrar that you used to register it.
2.24 PUBLISHING YOUR WEBSITE
The final step in the web design process is to publish your pages. A web server is required to publish your pages on
the Internet. Web servers, also known as hosts, allow you to send and store items such as HTML texts, photos, and
multimedia files. You must find a server to host your pages unless you have your own web server.
Some examples of webhost also called Domain Space Providers, are as follows:
Ð Ðhttp://www.godaddy.com/
Ð Ðhttp://www.hostgator.in
Ð Ðwww.bluehost.com
However, there are many more. Make sure you choose a webhost that supports FTP, as this makes publishing your
pages from web builder much easier. The steps of publishing your website are as follows:
Ð ÐPage to be published
You can choose which pages to publish in this area of the publish window.
Ð ÐComplete Website
Publishes all pages on the website (excluding those for which the ‘Don't publish this page’ option has been activated
in the page properties).
Ð ÐSelect a single page
Publish the selected page; pick the page to be published by clicking ‘Select’. You can also choose a folder.
Ð ÐChoose a page and its subpages
Publish the chosen page, as well as all of its subpages (if any). The ‘FILES’ option determines which files will be made
public.
Ð ÐPublish all of your files
The selected page(s) will have all of their files published.
Ð ÐOnly publish HTML files
If you don't wish to upload any images or other components, use this option with the HTML document.
Ð ÐOnly publish files that have changed
If you wish to publish the files that have changed since the previous time you published them, choose this option.
In case you get any publishing error(s), check the following:
Ð ÐMake sure your FTP address (host), username, and password are correct.
Ð ÐTo check the given data, use the ‘Test connection’ command.
Ð ÐVerify that the remote folder is right! This value can be found in your host’s documentation. To browse to a remote
folder, use the ‘Explore’ button. If the pages do not appear, the remote folder is incorrect.
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