This tutorial shows you how to create a free hosting account with 000webhost.com. With this hosting account, you will be able to upload your website's content to the hosting server and go live your website.
Steps
Go to this link and click ‘Sign Up’ to create a new hosting account:
http://www.000webhost.com
Fill out all necessary information for creating an account:
your domain, your name, your email, and a password. Then, type the two words you see from the screen, click ‘I agree to Terms Of Service’, and click ‘Create My Account’. You will receive an email for confirmation of your account information.
Open your email inbox and click on verification link to verify your hosting account.
After verifying your email address, you can log in to your hosting account via:
https://www.000webhost.com/cpanel-login
After logging in to your hosting account, you will be able to view your detail information about your account.
If you already have your domain pointing to 000webhost.com DNS, you will see that your domain is now active (under Status header), which means it is viable for everyone to browse.
Now you have two options:
(1) build your own website using Website Builder; (2) configure your hosting by Go to CPanel and upload your WordPress or Joomla website from your local computer to the hosting server.
Congratulation, you now own a hosting account for your domain!
Tips
- 000webhost allows you to create your own domain for free using specific prefix and suffix provided by the hosting provider. It is suggested that you create this free domain and hosting first before applying to your commercial website (domain).