Your Homestead domain consist of information used to get in contact with you about your domain name; it includes, first and last name, email address, phone number and street address. The information determines who the legal owner of the domain name is. Domain contact information should be kept up to

Your Homestead account consist of information used to get in contact with you about your account activity; it includes, first and last name, email address, phone number and street address. The information can also be helpful if you get locked out of your account, the compliance team can verify you a

One of the biggest reasons that small business owners cite for not launching company websites is a perceived lack of time. If you’re in this position, you’re already stressed by the demands of running a business – how can you be expected to add even more to your workload by building and managing a w

To activate the SSL for a domain that is registered with Homestead and connected to a WebsiteBuilder site, follow these steps. 1. Go to https://homesteadssl.com/ and enter your domain name. 2. Select submit. The next screen will provide an IP address to point to. Copy the IP. 3. IF YOUR DOMAIN DNS I

Previously, we gave you insights on why all small businesses need to have a website and has hopefully convinced you to take the leap into website ownership. If not, go back and read through all of the different benefits that come with website ownership. It is important to embrace a digital presence

When uploading a file to Sitebuilder Plus it may be rejected for one of these two main reasons, the file does not fit the accepted file extensions or it has an invalid file name. Invalid file names include file names that consist of any special characters (!, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, ., -, _) and/or spa

Header and footer sections are vital pieces to your website. It is one of the first things a viewer looks at when visiting a site. The header is located at the very top of each page and the footer is located at the bottom of each page. These sections typically contain contact information, phone numb

Want to change your home page or have a landing page? WebsiteBuilder has a feature that allows you to select and set any page on your site to be the home or landing page. This is the first page the viewer sees when visiting your domain. Click on pages from the left and select Next select the page yo

Keywords are defined as a word or concept of great significancea word that acts as the key to a cipher or codean informative word used in an information retrieval system to indicate the content of a document.In WebsiteBuilder keywords are generated automatically based off the content that is actuall

After years of working with small business owners, we’ve heard every excuse under the sun for why any given company doesn’t need to have a website. “My industry isn’t technical,” we hear as one common refrain. Another excuse, “I just don’t have time to build a website right now,” comes from business

The image scroller element allows you to add multiple pictures to a gallery and it is automatically set up for those images to scroll continuously. You can add the image scroller by going to insert>more>image scroller. Once you select the element and place it on the page you can add your images by c

If you want to copy a page or duplicate the contents of a page either to use as a skeleton for a new page or what ever reason, it is simple to do so. First make sure you are logged into your Homestead account and have accessed the editor. Once you are logged in, 1) Click on pages on the left. 2) Sel

If you are starting a new website, or are thinking about redesigning an existing one, your options are almost endless. You can create almost any design that you want and include just about any feature that you can imagine. But of course, you shouldn't do that. Instead, you should design a website th

Please read through this topic carefully, as the instructions must be followed in full to reactivate your domain. If your website and email are not working, please check your domain status. This is done using a Whois Lookup. Enter your domain name and go through the CAPTCHA challenge, then click con

In 2005, Google launched their web analytics tool, Google Analytics. It is now and always has been offered for free. In addition, Google has continued to update and add features, improving user experience. Connecting Google Analytics to your site is very easy. They provide the code and you just need

The results from our Twitter poll are in! The part of a website that people think is most important is: An Eye-Catching Home Page The Home page of your website is the first thing people will see when they visit your site. This means that it is up to your Home page to make a great first impression, m

When you register a domain, you will receive an email from our registrar, Tucows, requesting consent to process your data. This is because, in the domain registration process, you provide your Address, City, Country Code, Email Address, First Name, Last Name, Organization, Phone Number, Postal Code,

Here are instructions on how you can check your email once you have created an email address @ your domain name. There are 2 methods to check your Homestead email. First, if you are already logged into the Homestead account, click on "Email" from the tab on the left Choose the domain you want to che

Within WebsiteBuilder, there are elements specifically for Social Media. You can link to your social profiles, add buttons to allow viewers to share content, or even like or follow your pages. To add any of these Social elements, log into WebsiteBuilder, click Elements on the left menu, and choose "

We have some good news to share with our Sitebuilder Desktop customers! We found that the latest version was not compatible with the most recent updates, as a result we've made available a version that currently functions. Even though the connection has been reestablished, we do highly recommended m