Server and Domain SetupWith WebFaction

https://www.webfaction.com/?affiliate=uncviscom

Complete Form and Click Start

Click “sign up” or “start free trial”

WebFaction Control Panel

Setup Billing

Billing Payment Sources Add New Payment Source Make a one-off payment

Setting up your website in WF

Example Setup

Project 2: Powering a Nation

Project 3: Personal portfolio

Website has Domains and Apps

WebFaction automatically gives you a domain name.Time to buy your own unique domain name.

Register a Domain with GoDaddy

Enter your idea for domain name above

GoDaddy Process

Add a domain and click continue

GoDaddy Process

Proceed to Checkout

GoDaddy Process

Complete the signup steps

There is no need to add additional or extra features, security, privacy, etc.

Keep track of your account info (username, password, etc.)

Connecting Domain and WebFaction

My Account Manage Your Domains Click on domain name

Click Manage under Nameservers category

Customize your Name Servers (see next slide)

GoDaddy

WebFaction

Back in WebFaction

Add New Domain in the Domains tab

Back in WebFaction

In the Websites tab, click on your site.

Add your domain to the Domains section.

In WebFaction Create a new directory for project 2

Delete any existing applications before creating a new one

Creating a new directory

In Websites tab:

Add an Application Create New Application Call it portfoliowp. Change App Category to Wordpress. Save.

Creating a new directory Add an Application Reuse Existing Application

Click on htdocs Add “project2” to end of url. Save.

project2

Done!

Now wait! (Possibly up to 24 or even 48 hours, but likely only a few minutes)