Domain Support

If your domain is pointed to Homestead (not registered through Homestead), then you will need to activate the SSL we provide. To do this: Click on the Domains tab If it is pointed correctly, you will see "Activate SSL" to the left of your domain options. Click that link. This will bring you to a pag

In some situations choosing a good domain name is easy - you simply take the name of your business and buy the dot-com version of it. But what do you do if the dot-com isn't available? What do you do if you don't have a name for your blog or website yet? And what do you do if your business name is l

​Note: This topic is for Homestead WebsiteBuilder sites only. If you have a Homestead Sitebuilder Plus site, please reference our topic on ​​securing your Sitebuilder Plus site​​.​ ​What is SSL?​ ​Secure Socket Layer(SSL) is a standard protocol for the encryption of data between a web server(your si

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

Here are instructions to create subdomains. Click Domains in the left navigation menu. Scroll down until you see your domain name. Then, click add a new subdomain. Enter the name of the subdomain you'd like. Link the subdomain to the appropriate location (Folder, Site, Storefront, or URL). Choose fr

Domains are incredibly important for any business. It can help increase awareness and familiarity to your brand. A domain name that matches your company name makes it easier for customers to remember you, therefore making it easier to find you again. If a customer just hears your company name and wa

When you think of marketing, you typically think of email campaigns, social media, business cards, and blogs to name a few. These can all be incredibly successful for a business. How surprised would you be to hear that you can utilize your domain name in each of those scenarios? Domains are often ov

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

To use an existing domain with your website, you can either point or transfer your domain. Once you transfer to us, you will be able to manage your email, domain, and website within your account. We will renew your domain every year as long as your account is active. If your domain ends in .com, .or

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