• What is a “host”?
  • Ok, a web host is a online network drive with partial function of desktop OS
    • these common functions includes command console application, webpage server application, ftp server application, email server application, database server application

• What is “web system” or “web application”?
  • Ok, a so-called “web application” like “Wordpress” blog web system, or like a Forum web system, is a package of dynamic web pages, and they are served (presented) by your host's webpage server application
  • so technically speaking, “Wordpress” like “web system” or “web application” are not technically a desktop software, they are web page creation recipe for the webpage server application on your host to generate those html pages with data from database server application

• What is “Wix” like web application?
  • those “Wix” like websites are more like a host with fixed wix web system. so you can't put wordpress web system on the wix host, as they are provided as like a fix bundle of host network drive with servers with wix web system;
  • however, wix system will provide all those features like wordpress, forum with extra feature extension fee.

• What is simple difference between “Godaddy like” web host and “Wix like” bundle host
  • like “wix”, “squarespace” and etc, they are more like iPhone 1st generation, you can only have Apple made app on iPhone.
  • while like “godaddy”, “bluehost” and etc, they is more like a diy-assemble pc, you are provided with a blank pc without any software, only a DOS like Operating system.

• use Godaddy's domain on Wix:
  • basically, just change the nameservers to wix DNS server address in your domain DNS setting
  • ref: https://www.wix.com/support/html5/article/connecting-your-godaddy-domain-to-the-wix-name-servers

• preview godaddy host without a domain
  • if your IP is 192.168.1.1 (check left side in your host cpanel page)
  • and your cpanel login “abc” (check left side in cpanel page, a text like home/abc)
  • then you would visit your host root webpage dir at “192.168.1.1/~abc”.
  • ref: http://pcunleashed.com/how-to-preview-your-website-before-it-goes-live/

• redirect a domain to another website
  • Reason:
    • build-in-progress domain directing to current active site (302 redirect setup)
    • old-closing-site domain directing to the new site. (301 redirect setup)
  • Redirect option:
    • redirect as forward, just a url jump
    • redirect with masking, which pretend redirected site as its own site its domain name
  • ref:
    • https://sg.godaddy.com/help/manually-forward-or-mask-your-domain-or-subdomain-422
    • https://www.hochmanconsultants.com/301-vs-302-redirect/

webmail access in browser

• the cPanel email login link is: http://YourDomainName.com/webmail
• if you have not add ssl to your host and domain, then click add Exception and understand risk and proceed to access it.

Email Client on Desktop

• the best and free email client is: https://www.thunderbird.net/
• as it auto detect the email income and outgoing server setting from dns, and use IMAP as access method

Mobile Client

• record down your income server in cPanel email configure page,
• and choose Other type email in email account setup option, and use IMAP access method, then type all the information in setup process
  • Note: “user name”, “account name”, “email” all means your full email address in the process

• If you don't want to use the product and cancel the payment
  • go manage of domain or hosting, click cancel or remove product.
  • you will get a email on owner's email address