{"id":73,"date":"2014-08-19T18:43:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/art556.com\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2014-08-19T18:43:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:43:17","slug":"navigating-ixwebhosting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/resources\/navigating-ixwebhosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting your own sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>I recommend ixwebhosting because their prices are good and tech support is fast, compared to others. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Benefits of hosting your on you own:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can transfer the sites you have built to your own hosting, and not depend on art556.com, which may not be there forever. You can house your portfolio site as well as all the sites you have built in class.<\/li>\n<li>You can purchase domain names for a more professional site addresses &#8211; such as yourname.com.<\/li>\n<li>Hosting will include a professional email address, such as firstname@yourname.com.<\/li>\n<li>You can build sites for others. You can purchase the domain name and\u00a0host them through your account.<\/li>\n<li>You will have access to many other useful features, such as databases, file management, WordPress installs, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>purchase a hosting account at ixwebhosting.com.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you want to host your own sites, The Expert Plan is all you need, currently at $3.95 a month. If you plan to build other websites, Unlimited Pro at $7.95 a month will allow you to host many client websites. I believe you can update to Unlimited Pro at a later date. While purchasing, be careful not to purchase any extras. Total cost should stay at $3.95 per month. These prices may change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>set up a domain name<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You domain name can usually be purchased for less than $20 per year. The Expert Plan currently includes one free.<\/li>\n<li>While logged into your ixwebhosting account, select <strong>Manage My Domain Registration<\/strong> (upper right)<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Register Domain Name<\/strong> (upper right)<\/li>\n<li>enter a domain name to see if it\u2019s available<\/li>\n<li>check out without purchasing any extra services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>set up hosting<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Expert Plan includes 2 dedicated IP\u2019s and unlimited hosting with shared IP\u2019s.<\/li>\n<li>While logged into your ixwebhosting account, select <strong>Manage My Hosting<\/strong> (upper center).<\/li>\n<li>Find the penguin and select <strong>Manage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Domains<\/strong> (top row).<\/li>\n<li>At the bottom of the table, select <strong>Add new domain.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Enter the domain name and continue.<\/li>\n<li>Your domain name should now appear in the table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>find your ftp access information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>While logged into your ixwebhosting account, select <strong>Manage My Hosting<\/strong> (upper center).<\/li>\n<li>Find the penguin and select <strong>Manage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>ftp manager<\/strong> to find a screen similar to the following (click to view larger).<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0ftp login information is highlighted.<\/li>\n<li>You can change your ftp password here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/art556.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ftp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66\" src=\"http:\/\/art556.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ftp-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"ftp\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>find your\u00a0ip address<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>While logged into your ixwebhosting account, select\u00a0<strong>Manage My Hosting<\/strong>\u00a0(upper center).<\/li>\n<li>Find the penguin and select\u00a0<strong>Manage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>domains<\/strong> to find a screen similar to the following (click to view larger).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/art556.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69\" src=\"http:\/\/art556.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ip-300x43.jpg\" alt=\"ip\" width=\"300\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recommend ixwebhosting because their prices are good and tech support is fast, compared to others. Benefits of hosting your on you own: You can transfer the sites you have built to your own hosting, and not depend on art556.com, which may not be there forever. You can house your portfolio site as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":40,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/m.pebblerd.com\/interactivemedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}