Hosting Guide

How-to Create a Holding Page

  1. Log in to cPanel. See Where do I login to my control panel?
  2. Click File Manager

    cpanel file manager

  3. Open your public_html folder

    cpanel file manager public html

  4. Click Upload

    cpanel file manager upload

  5. Drag and drop your image from your PC or Mac on to the Drop files here to start uploading area.
  6. Click Go back to “/home/mydomain/public_html”
  7. Select index.html and click Edit

    cpanel file manager edit

  8. Click Edit
  9. Delete any existing text
  10. Open coming-soon-page, copy the code and paste into your cPanel Editor

    cpanel file manager coming soon page code

  11. Change the following code to use the name of your image you uploaded earlier:

        body { background-image: url("example.jpg"); }
        

    For example, if we uploaded my-image.jpg

        body { background-image: url("my-image.jpg"); }
        

  12. Change the following code to use your content

        <!-- Replace with your content  -->
            <h1>Lorem ipsum</h1>
            <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, 
    sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 
    Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris 
    nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in 
    reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
     pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt 
    in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
        

  13. When you are happy, click Save Changes

  14. Open your web browser and view your website.

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