Launch a website with a domain, hosting, SSL and email in one go
The Website wizard registers the domain, creates hosting, installs WordPress or another app, issues SSL and sets up a mailbox.
Putting a small business online usually means five accounts and an afternoon of copying DNS records between them. On ByteNests it is one flow.
What the wizard does
Domain: use one already in your account, search and register a new one, or enter a domain registered elsewhere.
Application: pick an app, optionally on a subdomain such as shop.example.com.
Email: optionally create a mailbox such as hello@yourdomain.com.
Hosting: create a hosting account with a plan, or use one you already have.
When it finishes you see the site address, the admin login and the mailbox. We also email the details, including the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for your mail.
Which app?
A business site or blog: WordPress
An online store: WordPress with WooCommerce, PrestaShop or OpenCart
Online courses: Moodle
A community forum: phpBB
A larger content site: Joomla or Drupal
Your own code: Laravel, or an empty custom PHP site
Each app gets its own files, database and certificate, and the installer picks a PHP version that suits it.
DNS and HTTPS
A domain registered with ByteNests is pointed at your hosting for you. For a domain registered elsewhere, the hosting account’s DNS tab lists the records to set next to what public DNS returns now, so you can see when it is right.
Free certificates from Let’s Encrypt are issued once DNS points at the server, and renew themselves. Turn on Force HTTPS on the SSL tab so every visitor uses the secure address.
Mail that lands in the inbox
The Deliverability panel on the Email tab checks the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records that keep your mail out of spam folders, and shows the value to set for any that are missing. Read mail in webmail, or add the mailbox to Outlook, Apple Mail or Thunderbird with the settings shown under Mail app settings.
Before you change anything big
Take a backup from the hosting account’s Backups tab before plugin updates or theme changes. It covers files, databases and mailboxes, and you can restore any of them on their own.