Assignment #2: Hosting a Web Site

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Updated 4/30/2025 at 3:21pm

• This assignment will demonstrate:
  • Registering a site URL (domain)
  • Getting a Web site hosting service
  
  
• Follow the steps in the eHandout "Hosting a Web site", in the sub-sections "Web Domains" and "Web Hosting".
  
  When you are done with all of these steps, you will have your own URL and hosting service, with which you will make a small Web site during the rest of this semester!
  
  
• It may take awhile for the domain that you purchased, to open the site that you have created at FreeHostia. Try putting your domain's URL into your browser occasionally over the next few days, until you see something like this in your browser:
  
  Index of /
  
  But it appears that Freehostia has changed their new site setup a bit, so you might NOT see in the browser, "Index of /".
  
  You might, instead, see a page which gives some Freehostia advertising and such.
  
  Either way, if you see "Index of /" or if you see a Freehostia advertising page when you put your URL into the browser, your setup has succeeded. Send an email to me, giving me the URL.
  
  If you want to get rid of the advertising page, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to your Freehostia account.
  2. Navigate to the File Manager. You can get there by clicking "Files", "File Manager" at the top; or you can click on "Hosted Domains" at the left, double-click your domain name, and click the orange "File Folder" icon.
  3. If you see a file called index.xhtml, DELETE it. Please note that this is an xhtml file, NOT an html file. It is temporary and safe to delete.
  
  One more thing... In the Freehostia Control Panel, on the "Hosted Domains" page, if you see a red and white minus sign/circle icon in the "NS Status" column, click on it. It should reset the "invalid" status and change to a green checkmark.
  
  When you see either of the two results above in your browser for your domain, you have successfully set up your domain/URL and your hosting service! SEND AN EMAIL TO ME, giving me the URL.
  
  
• You won't make your first web page until next week. When you get your URL working so that the text above displays in your browser, you are almost done for this week.
  
  You aren't done with this assignment until you email to me your site's URL, along with your name. I will update the "Student Sites" page on the class site, with your URL information.