A. Creating a New Website

Once you have registered your domain name, setting up your website can be done in a few easy steps:

1. Netfirms Welcome Letter: Ensure that you have received your Netfirms Welcome Letter as it will provide you with your Netfirms membername, password, and account information.

2. Choose a web design tool: Choosing a web design tool from Netfirms is the fastest way to set-up your website:

NetObjects Starter CD: comes with many templates to choose from and a Site Wizard to publish your site

WordPress: comes with many templates to choose from and an easy-to-use interface to publish your site

Netfirms Commerce Pro: turn your website to an online store to sell your products

Netfirms Picture Pro: a fun tool to help you upload pictures to a photo gallery

phpBB forum: allows you to turn your website to a bulletin board

Microsoft FrontPage: this popular tool works just like Microsoft Word

Macromedia Dreamweaver: this popular tool works just like your favorite word processor

3. Promote your website and attract traffic to your website:

Submit your site to search engines: Click here for a tutorial.

Submit your site to Netfirms for "Site of the Week consideration: Click here for instructions.

B. Transferring your Existing Website to Netfirms from your Old Hosting Provider

Once you have signed up for a hosting plan with Netfirms you can transfer your website to Netfirms in a few easy steps:

1. Contact your domain registrar and ask them to point your domain to Netfirms nameservers: ns1.netfirms.com and ns2.netfirms.com. For additional assistance, please click here.

2. Check your email for your Netfirms Welcome Letter which will include your Netfirms membername, password, and account information.

3. Upload a copy of your website to Netfirms using any FTP client such as: Filezilla, FrontPage, or Dreamweaver.

4. 24-72 hours after you have pointed your domain to Netfirms, proceed to cancel your old hosting account.

TROUBLESHOOTING: If you are able to browse to your website at http://membername.netfirms.com but not http://www.yourdomain.com, click here for further assistance.