Intro to Host Godaddy
- 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.
Godaddy - Domain setting
- use Godaddy's domain on Wix:
- basically, just change the nameservers to wix DNS server address in your domain DNS setting
- 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”.
- 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:
Godaddy cPanel Email and Login
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
End or Remove Product
- 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