Steps to setup your website:

1. Adding a domain to host with us: Login to your Hosting Control Panel (CP) and select Domains. Select "Add New Domain". On next page select "Transfer an existing domain". Enter the domain you want to host with us. Selecting this option does not transfer your domain to us. It just sets up the website on our servers so that it can be hosted by us when you point its name servers to us.
   
   
2. Fine tuning your website: From CP home page, select Web Options. On the next page, select the domain for which you want to activate various web options like SSL, Directory Indexes, Webalizer etc. Activate various options as per your needs. Most important of these options is Directory Indexes. After turning it on your can enter your website's default home page.
   
   
3. Mailboxes and Send/Receive E-mail: From CP home page, select Email to create mail boxes, assigning mailbox size, activating spam and anti-virus features etc. You can send/receive your e-mail from:
   1. POP mail programs like Outlook Express:
      1. POP/SMTP Server: mail.yourdomain.com
      2. Username: mailID@yourdomain.com
      3. Password: Password that you entered while creating your mailbox.
   2. WebMail: We provide three webmail clients for you to send/receive/manage your email. They are SQWebMail, Squirrelmail and Horde. You can use anyone by visiting http://mail.yourdomain.com.
      
      
4. Uploading website files: You can upload your website files using File Manager in your CP or by using any FTP client like SmartFTP, CuteFTP etc. Always upload your files in the domain folder. MS Access databases should be kept in root directory. This will prevent anyone from downloading these files via HTTP.
   
   
5. Testing your website: You can view your website before it is actually resolving to our servers via the Instant domain name alias feature. Click on Web Options and then your domain name. You'll see this feature towards the end of the page.
   
   
6. Changing Domain Name Servers (DNS): In order for your website to work from Genesis Web Studio's servers, it is necessary to change the DNS settings of the domain to point to our name servers. This must be done at your domain registar. You can find the current domain registrar of your domain by visiting http://www.genesiswebdomains.com/domains.php?action=whois. In order to change DNS settings, you need to login to your Domain Registrar's Control Panel and look for the section on changing Name Servers http://www.genesiswebdomains.com.

   If you are hosting a website with Genesis Web Studio please set your nameservers to:

   ns3.genesiswebstudio.com
   ns4.genesiswebstudio.com

   If you have purchased a domain name from us and are forwarding the URL elsewhere, please set your nameservers to:

   ns5.genesiswebstudio.com
   ns6.genesiswebstudio.com
   ns7.genesiswebstudio.com
   ns8.genesiswebstudio.com