{"id":3671,"date":"2018-03-15T07:54:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2025-06-12T13:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T17:11:30","slug":"guide-domain-to-website","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/guide-domain-to-website\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to Turning Your Domain into a Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-danger\">This tutorial only applies to Shared, VPS, and Dedicated hosting accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So you have a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pairdomains.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">domain name registered<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and you have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a web host<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but how do you get your domain name up and running on the internet? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three steps you need to complete before your site is live: <\/span><a name=\"domain\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-block-toc  is-style-outline htoc htoc--position-wide toc-list-style-plain\" data-htoc-state=\"expanded\" data-htoc-scrollspy=\"false\"><span class=\"htoc__title\"><span class=\"ht_toc_title\">Website Checklist<\/span><span class=\"htoc__toggle\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><g fill=\"#444\"><path d=\"M15 7H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1z\"><\/path><path d=\"M15 1H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1zM15 13H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1z\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/span><div class=\"htoc__itemswrap\"><ul class=\"ht_toc_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-add-a-domain-icon-name-video-camera-class-unprefixed-class\">Step 1: Add a Domain<\/a><ul class=\"ht_toc_child_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-point-name-servers-to-hosting-account\">Step 2: Point Name Servers to Hosting Account<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-create-the-website\">Step 3: Create a Website<\/a><ul class=\"ht_toc_child_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface-2\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface-2\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-add-a-domain-icon-name-video-camera-class-unprefixed-class\">Add a Domain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step to getting your domain name onto your account. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Domains<\/strong> in the left sidebar, then click Add a Domain Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under Select Domain Name, select Add Domain Name and enter the registered domain name in the corresponding text field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under Select Hosting Type, select your preferred hosting type. See more information about hosting types in our article, <a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/18022168842519\">What Types of Domain Hosting are Available?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Proceed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Domains<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the Domains page, click the <strong>Add New <\/strong>button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the \u201cAdd Existing Domain\/Subdomain\u201d section, select <strong>Add Domain<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the text field, enter your domain name. Do not include the http:\/\/ or the www. prefix.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the \u201cSelect Hosting Type\u201d section, select your desired IP hosting type. For more information about the different types of IP addresses, see <a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/18022168842519-What-Types-of-Domain-Hosting-are-Available\">What Types of Domain Hosting Are Available?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Proceed <\/strong>button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This will add the domain to your hosting account. On the next page, it will show you the name servers associated with this domain name. You need to take note of these since you will need them in the next step. They will look something like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dns3.pair.com<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ns8.ns0.com<\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have already added a domain name and did not take note of the name servers, you can find them again by following these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Domains<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find the name of your chosen domain, then click the its <strong>Edit <\/strong>button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The name servers are listed under the \u201cDNS\u201d section<br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-point-name-servers-to-hosting-account\">Point Name Servers to Hosting Account<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Web hosts have name server associated with them. When you want to use a domain on a web host, you need to take the web host\u2019s name servers and give them to your domain\u2019s registrar. This will route the domain to the web host, thus allowing the web host to host the domain. Without the name servers, the web host will be unable to host the domain, thus making it impossible for the domain and its website to be accessible via the internet.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll need to go to your domain registrar to change the name servers. Refer to your domain registrar\u2019s instructions for changing the name server.&nbsp; If you used Pair Domains to register your domain names, you can look at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pairdomains.com\/kb\/posts\/301\">Changing Name Servers article<\/a> for instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may take some time for the name servers changes to go through, so your site may not be available right away. However, once the changes do go through, your domain and its site will be able to go live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-create-the-website\">Create the Website<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that your domain is all set up, it\u2019s time to create your website. There are many different ways to create a website. There are Content Management Systems (CMS), such as WordPress, that gives you the ability to create websites without any prior technical knowledge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-the-web-directory\">The Web Directory<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would rather create an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/html\/\">HTML<\/a> site, it is important that you know where the website files are stored on your hosting account. Domains are automatically given a directory (like a folder) in the <strong><em>Web<\/em><\/strong> directory of your account\u2019s file system. By adding your HTML, etc. files to your domain\u2019s directory <em>within<\/em> the <em>Web<\/em> directory, your domain will use those files to make its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">Be sure that your main page name either matches or is added to the list of default homepage names. See our article, Setting Up and Changing Your Homepage in the ACC, for more information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Files in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directory can be accessed from the internet. If you are using code files to create a website, you would add the files to the directory in order to add the website to the internet.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Web-Directory.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Web-Directory.png\" alt=\"example image\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Web-Directory.png 900w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Web-Directory-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Web-Directory-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Web-Directory-60x20.png 60w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Web-Directory-150x50.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info  hts-messages--withtitle hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t<span class=\"hts-messages__title\">Note:<\/span>    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tThe Web directory should be reserved for your website files - do not put anything in your Web directory that shouldn\u2019t be accessible from the internet.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">The Web directory should be reserved for your website files - do not put anything in your Web directory that shouldn\u2019t be accessible from the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do add code files to your domain within the <em>Web<\/em> directory, you should verify that it is working by visiting your domain in an internet browser. If you don\u2019t see your website or receive an error, it may be due to file permissions. Check out our article on File Permissions for more information.&nbsp;<br><a name=\"web\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-to-access-the-web-directory\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To access the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directory:<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface-2\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface-2\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface-2\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to the <a href=\"http:\/\/my.pair.com\">Account Control Center (ACC)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Files<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the left sidebar, then click<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b>Web<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will take you to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directory. Click on the name of your domain to enter its specific directory. You will add your desired site files here<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface-2\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Files<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Choose a directory<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Web<\/strong> from the drop-down menu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This will take you to the <em>Web<\/em> directory. Click on the name of your domain to enter its specific directory. You will add your desired site files here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about adding files in our article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-upload-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Upload Files article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is just an introductory article that covers the basics of setting up a site. There is so much more than you can do with websites. 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