If you're still on the page in WHM where you created the cPanel account, you can close this tab and refresh the cPanel page that was open behind it. Or, you can log in to Gateway, and then Manage your server.
In the cPanel Sites section, you'll see the account you created listed here. Click Manage cPanel.
Now you're in cPanel.
This is the part where it's "your time to shine." In short, you can do whatever you need to to get your website online. Useful features include:
After you get the website situated, you'll want to preview it. Fortunately, cPanel makes this incredibly easy. Just go to:
http://your server's IP address/~your cPanel username/
Your cPanel username is not the same as your server username. The easiest way to find the cPanel username is on the FTP Accounts page in the Special Accounts section.
If your site looks good, you're ready to make your site start displaying on the Internet.
To use the hosting you created, you'll need to point your domain name's DNS to your server. Doing that will cause your domain name to display whatever content you've loaded to your server. If you already have a site live on that domain name, we recommend waiting until you've got everything situated on the your server first.
When you are ready, just change your domain name's primary A record (usually called the "@" record) to your server's IP address. If your domain name is...
| Where? | Do this... |
|---|---|
| Here | Use our DNS Manager. |
| Elswhere | Change the DNS information at the domain name's registrar (i.e. the company where you registered it). |
After changing the A record, you should see the content you uploaded to the server when you visit your domain name in a Web browser.
Now that you've got the website working, let's look at moving your domain name's email to your new server.
Go to Setting up Email >>