Congratulations on your new Create.com WordPress hosting account. You should have received a Welcome Email containing your account-specific instructions. This page exists to provide further information and answer any initial questions you may have with your new hosting account. First thing is ensuring your domain is properly configured to load content from your Create.com server.
Nameservers
If you purchased a new domain with your account, then your domain will automatically be configured to point to your hosting account and you will not need to worry about this step. If your new hosting account is for a domain you previously registered with another web host or domain registrar, then you will need to log in to the account where you purchased the domain and update the nameservers to your new Create.com ones.
Once you log in, you will need to locate where in the account the DNS/nameservers are managed. Nameservers are usually found in pairs, look exactly like website URLs, and often begin with the letters "ns."
Once you have located your nameservers, remove any existing ones and replace them with:
Shared Nameservers:
ns1.create.com
ns2.create.com
Reseller Nameservers:
ns1.directdns.com
ns2.directdns.com
Be sure there are no other nameservers set, and then save your new settings. This change can often be reflected within a few hours, but will take up to 48 hours to fully propagate. Once this is done, your website and email for your domain will all be managed from your Create.com server.
It is very easy to create new emails accounts under your domain from within your cPanel. Once logged into your cPanel, click on "Email Accounts" within the "EMAIL" section. On this page, towards the right-hand side click on "+CREATE" and in the "Username" field enter whatever alias you would like to use for your new email address. Note that the domain is populated on the right, you do not need to enter it, only what you want the alias to be before the @ symbol. In the "Password" field you will either choose a password or cPanel will allow you to automatically generate a secure one to use. You will need this password both to login to webmail or to configure an email client, such as Outlook or Mac Mail, so be sure to save it somewhere safe in the meantime.
Next, you can allocate the amount of space you want to this email account, or set it as Unlimited. Keep in mind that email storage does count towards your total account storage. Once you click "+CREATE" your new email account is ready for use. You can immediately log into webmail and send/receive emails.
Webmail & Email Clients
You have two options for managing how you choose to send and receive your email. You can log directly into the server, which is webmail, or you can use a third-party email client such as Outlook, Thunderbird, Mac Mail, etc.
To access webmail, it is first necessary for your domain to be properly pointed and resolving to your Create.com server. Once it is, browse to:
https://domain.com/webmail
Alternately, you could browse to:
http://domain.com:2096
Note that in both cases "domain.com" will need to be replaced with your actual domain name. This will remain true for the email client examples provided below as well. You can also log into your cPanel and click the "Webmail" icon to access your email directly on the server.
You may use any email client that you prefer, connecting via POP3 or IMAP, as the configuration details are all essentially the same. This is true for desktop as well as mobile device clients. You will need to provide some or all of the following information, depending on which email program you use.
Incoming Mail Server / Outgoing Mail Server / Hostname: mail.domain.com
Hostname: domain.com
Username: full email address, including @domain.com
Password: the password you used when you created the email account within cPanel
When given the choice, always select the incoming/outgoing server option that uses SSL.
Incoming port: 993
Outgoing port: 465
If you experience any issue with the initial set up of your account, please reach out to our support staff for assistance.
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