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Publishing Your Site with WebSite Complete

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Last Updated: August 30, 2010 3:57 PM

As of Aug. 1, 2010 we have retired support for WebSite Complete. Existing documentation, however, remains available here for your reference. We recommend using WebSite Tonight® or Quick Shopping Cart® to replace WebSite Complete.

NOTE: This answer pertains to version 4.0.5.3 and later.

Publishing your WebSite Complete website is a two step process.

  1. First, you must acquire a hosting account.
  2. Second, you must then publish your website to your hosting account.

To Acquire a Hosting Account

To publish your new website to the Internet, you need to have a hosting account. A hosting account is space on a server that is connected directly to the Internet. This space serves as a home for the website and allows visitors to your site to see the pages you have created.

  1. Click on the Final Steps tab within WebSite Complete.
  2. Under Website Hosting click Start, and then click New.This opens the Registration Wizard.
  3. Click Click here to Connect to the Internet.
  4. If you purchased the professional version of the software, enter one of your discount IDs. Otherwise, click Continue. Follow the instructions for setting up a new hosting account.

NOTE: With WebSite Complete, you can only publish to a hosting account that already has a WebSite Complete account on it. You can't publish to a new hosting account, or an account that has not previously contained WebSite Complete.

To Publish Your website to Your Hosting Account

  1. Click on the Final Steps tab within WebSite Complete.
  2. Under Website Hosting click Start.
  3. Click on the hosting account that you would like to use with your site.
  4. Click Publish.
  5. Enter your hosting account password and click OK.