Registering your domain gives you sole ownership and rights to the name of your site. No one else has access to the actual name of the domain and it is taken off the market.
However, just because you own the domain doesn't mean you've got a server configured to serve a web site at that domain or to handle email for that domain.
Web hosting provides that server, its network connection, its configuration, and its upkeep. You just need to upload your site to the server and configure your email via an online account control panel.
After you have setup the addon/pointed domain, there will be a sub-folder created in your ftp folder (i.e. "/yourdomain.com"), you will have to upload your files for this pointed/addon domain to the subfolder created.
Uploading via Publish Web - Make sure if you are using FrontPage extensions to always publish via http
1) Open your FrontPage Web.
2) Choose File from the top menu, and then choose "publish web" A box will appear asking you to specify the location to publish your web to.
3) Enter your domin name in that field, you will type: http://www.yourdomain.com/.
(If your domain hasn't completed the registration process yet, please wait 24 hours and try then.)
4) Click the publish button. Please enter your username and password when prompted.
Your site should start to then publish to your Hostmonster account server.
Uploading via FTP with Front Page
1) Open your FrontPage Web.
2) Choose File from the top menu, and then choose "publish web" A box will appear asking you to specify the location to publish your web to.
3) Enter your domin name in that field, you will type: ftp://www.yourdomain.com/public_html/
4) Click the publish button. Your site should start to then publish to your Webman Hosting account server.
Email - Outlook Express - Version 6.0 - Adding An Account
Step 1:
Open Outlook Express. Click on Tools and choose Accounts.
Step 2:
In the Internet Accounts Window, click Add and choose Mail.
Step 3:
Type in your Name and click Next.
Step 4:
Type in your email address and click Next.
Step 5:
Choose POP3 as the incoming mail server. For the server names for both Outgoing and Incoming, type mail.your-domain-name.ext.
Step 6:
Type in your full email address as your account name. Also type in your password and click Next.
Step 7:
Click Finish on the Congratulations screen.
Step 8:
Click Close to close out of the Internet Account window.
Step 9:
In Outlook Express, click Send/Receive.
Step 10:
If you are unable to connect to the smtp server, your ISP may be blocking port 25 from 3rd party use. Go into Tools and click accounts. Select the email address you are using and click on properties. Click the advanced tab and replace 25 with 26 for the outgoing (SMTP) port number. click save and you should be all finished.
Email - Outlook - Version 2002 (xp) - Adding An Account *
Step 1:
Open Outlook. Click on Tools and choose Email Accounts.
Step 2:
Click on View or change existing email accounts and click Next.
Step 3:
If you attempted to create any email accounts but were unsuccessful, you can remove them from here. Otherwise, click Add.
Step 4:
Choose POP3 and click Next.
Step 5:
For User Info, type your name and full email address. For Logon Info, type your full email address as the username, and your password.
Step 6:
For Server Info, type mail.yourdomainname.com for both SMTP and POP3. If you are unable to connect to the smtp server, your ISP may be blocking port 25 from 3rd party use. Contact your ISP if this occurs.
Step 7:
Do not click Test Account Settings. Simply click Next.
Step 8:
Your account will be shown in the list of email accounts configured in Outlook. Click Finish.
File Transfer - Dreamweaver - Version MX- Configuring FTP
Step 1:
Open DreamWeaver MX. Click on Site and choose New Site.
Step 2:
Click on the Advanced Tab. For site name, enter a phrase that describes your site. Dreamweaver will choose a local root folder for you. Also, enter your HTTP address and click on the Remote Info category.
Step 3:
Change Access to FTP. Then enter your FTP Host which is your domain name (yourdomain.com) or your server's IP. For Host Directory, please type in public_html. Then enter your login name and password.
Step 4:
Still on the same screen, place a check in Automatically upload files to the server on save.
Step 5:
Click on the connect to remote site button.
Step 6:
Make sure the second drop down reads Remote View. You will see a list of files in your public_html folder.
Step 7:
DoubleClick any file, edit it, and choose save. Dreamweaver will automatically update it on the server.
Step 8:
Should you ever add images or other files that need to be upload, select local view from the site drop down.
Step 9:
Select the files that need uploading and click the PUT button (up arrow).
The "blocking call cancelled" error is actually from within WS_FTP and your local computer. WS_FTP suggests the following solution if you receive one or more "Blocking call cancelled" messages and the file transfer is incomplete:
If you are using the Microsoft TCP/IP stack, part of the Windows 95 and NT operating systems, try setting the Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU) to 576.
The File Upload form will not work on the Webman Hosting servers because all of our servers operate on Apache Web Server rather than IIS (A windows based server which is the only type of Web server that currently supports this feature.)