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Step-by-step guides for everything from choosing a domain to getting found on Google. Can’t find what you need? Just ask — we’re here to help.
Get online
Choose a plan and domain, then get your website live.
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OnPoint guide
How to register a domain and choose a hosting plan
A visual, step-by-step walk through choosing a plan, registering your domain and completing your order.
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Start here: plan your website
Not sure where to begin? Answer a few questions and pick the best way to build your site.
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Step 1: Register a domain and choose UK hosting
Choosing a domain name and the right UK hosting plan, and what it all really costs.
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Step 2: Point your domain at your host and go live
Get your domain working, verify it within 15 days, switch on HTTPS and see your site live.
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Domain name vs web hosting: what each one is and how renewals work
The address and the building: what you’re paying for, when each renews and what happens if one lapses.
Email, cPanel & your account
Find your way around cPanel, set up email and manage your hosting.
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Log in to cPanel: a tour of every section
From your OnPoint Client Area into cPanel, then what every section does and which tools you’ll really use.
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Create email addresses with your own domain
Mailboxes, forwarders, webmail, phone and Outlook set-up, and stopping your mail landing in spam.
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Your PHP version: why it matters and how to update it
Which PHP versions are still supported, how to check and switch yours, and how to test safely.
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Create a MySQL database and database user
The Database Wizard, privileges, phpMyAdmin, connecting from PHP and backing up.
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FTP accounts and uploading your website
File Manager, FileZilla, secure FTP accounts and exactly where your files need to go.
Build your website
WordPress, the free Sitejet Builder, AI, or coding it yourself.
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Step 3: Create your logo
Simple, free ways to create a logo that looks good on your website and social media.
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Step 4: Create a favicon
Make the little icon that shows in browser tabs and Google results, in every size you need.
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Step 5: Choose a code editor
The best free code editors for building and editing your site’s files.
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Build your website with WordPress
The world’s most popular website software — themes for the look, plugins for everything else.
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Build your website with the free Sitejet Builder
Drag-and-drop builder in your OnPoint cPanel — pick a template, change the words and pictures, publish.
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Build your website with Claude or another AI, then upload it
Describe the site you want to an AI assistant such as Claude, check the pages it writes, and upload them to your hosting.
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Code it yourself: the 8-step guide
Learn HTML, CSS and a little PHP with our free 8-step guide and build every page yourself.
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The structure of a web page
A modern HTML5 page, line by line, ready to copy.
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HTML language code finder
Look up the right lang attribute for any language.
Get found on Google
Help search engines find, understand and rank your site.
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Step 6: Submit your site to search engines
Tell Google and Bing your site exists so it starts appearing in search results.
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Step 7: Create an XML sitemap
Create an XML sitemap so search engines find every page on your site.
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Step 8: Create a robots.txt file
Write a robots.txt file that guides search engines and AI crawlers around your site.
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The on-page SEO checklist
Titles, descriptions, structured data, speed and more.
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Set up Google Search Console
Prove you own your site and send Google your sitemap.
Moving to OnPoint
Transfer your domain and bring your website and email with you.
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OnPoint guide
Before you transfer a domain: what you need to know
A simple checklist, IPS tags and EPP codes explained, the 60-day rule, and keeping your website and email running.
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OnPoint guide
How to transfer your domain to OnPoint Hosts
Step-by-step screens for moving a .uk, .com, .net, .org or other domain to us, and what happens next.
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Move a WordPress site and email to OnPoint from a cPanel backup
Bring a whole site and its mailboxes over from a .tar.gz backup — by OnPoint, or step by step yourself.
Still stuck? We’re here to help.
Tell us what you’re trying to do and we’ll point you to the quickest, most cost-effective way to get it done.
The Web Toolbox is our free sister site of how-to guides. It’s run by the same company as OnPoint Hosts.