In this guide, I will show you how to sign up for a Bluehost account. I have used other web hosting in the past but now decided to settle with this company since the service is excellent and you don't have to worry about the numerous upsells others companies put out during registration which confuses newbies and ending up buying more than what they really needed. Bluehost gives you a free domain when signing up for a hosting account and they also allow you to host unlimited number of domains under one hosting account. Let's get started!
All I needed to do was simply to chat with real person operator via the "Live Chat" and asked all sorts of questions I wanted to know. It was that simple.
The final step is letting the bluehost account login web know that your website is found on a new web server. To try this, login to whatever domain registry you registered your domain name at, and alter your domain's "nameservers" to switch which name server your domain points to. Your new hosting company will give you the new nameservers to enter and there are often two of them. After altering this at your domain registry, permit the internet a good 12 - 24 hours to repoint.
It can be foolhardy to hand cPanel control over to an unknown webmaster. It is possible to do great damage from the cPanel screen. The list of problems you can have when you give out uncontrolled access includes; shutting down your websites (through incompetence or malice), shutting down your entire account at Bluehost (through the webmaster breaking the Terms of Service), to having your account hijacked and held hostage.
To start the process, first identify your current PHP and MySQL versions from your old hosting company. This is usually shown on your control panel screen in the left column. Ask your new web host if their system is compatible. Nearly everyone uses MySQL version 5, so you are most likely all set there but PHP versions can alter. Your new hosting provider can usually adjust settings for you so your scripts will work. And if you don't use PHP or MySQL in your coding, you can skip that step entirely.
There you go! Three tried and true website hosting providers. All three have superb customer service and offer a ton of services! No matter which one you pick, you won't be disappointed!