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Shared Hosting Product Guide

Thanks for purchasing your new Business Web Hosting plan! We have worked hard to make our Business Web Hosting subscriptions into a dependable and powerful solution for your hosting needs. This guide is designed to provide information on the benefits of Business Web Hosting features and options. You can find tutorials for common tasks such as creating emails accounts and websites.

There are also guides for more advanced tasks like updating your nameserver or transferring your website. For basic hosting-related information please see our Support Center. You can also ask us a question in our Community Support area.

Let us help you get started with our quick start guide!

New Customer

New Customers

  • What is Shared Hosting?
  • Do I Have Business or Shared Hosting?
  • Reasons to Start with Shared Hosting
  • Get Your Business Online Quickly
  • Getting Started with Shared Hosting
  • What Do You Get with Hosting from InMotion Hosting?

Getting Started

Getting Started

  • Logging into AMP
  • Logging into cPanel
  • Getting Support for your Shared Hosting Account
  • Contacting Customer Service

Create and Configure Email Account

Create and Configure Email Accounts

  • Email – Getting Started
  • How to Create an Email Account
  • Gmail
  • Webmail
  • Outlook
  • Mac Mail
  • iPhone
  • Android
  • Google Cloud

Transfer and Manage Emails

Transfer and Manage Emails

  • How to Suspend/Un-suspend Email Accounts in cPanel
  • Use InMotion Hosting for Third Party Email
  • Strengthen Email Authentication
  • Updating Domain Nameservers
  • SpamAssassin: Fighting Spam
  • Email Troubleshooting

Common Tasks

Common Tasks

  • Enabling your Free SSL
  • Creating Logins on my Shared Hosting Plan
  • How to Upgrade/Downgrade your Hosting Plan in Amp
  • Register a New Domain
  • Adding Another Domain to your Account
  • Transfer a Current Domain
  • Updating Domain Nameservers
  • Choose the Best Analytics Tool

Common Topics

Common Help Topics

  • Where Do I Upload Files?
  • Nginx Cache Management
  • New Domains: Addons, Parked, and Subdomains
  • Shared Hosting Page Load Metrics You Need To Watch
  • How to Find Your Shared Server IP Address in cPanel
  • What Are Solid State Drives?
  • A Faster Website With SSD Solid State Drives

Create, Transfer, and Manage Website

Create, Transfer, and Manage Website

  • Getting Started – Website
  • Getting Started – WordPress
  • Installing WordPress
  • Getting Started – BoldGrid
  • How To Migrate Your Website Using cPanel
  • How To Move A Website To InMotion Hosting Shared Server
  • How To Optimize WordPress
  • Windows: Hosts File Modification
  • Mac and Linux: Hosts File Modification

Advanced Topics

Advanced Topics

  • Connecting to a Shared Server SSH with a Mac
  • Connecting to SFTP for Shared Accounts
  • How To See Your Disk Space And Bandwidth Usage On Shared Servers
  • Using PHP Composer On Shared Hosting

Why Should You Start With Shared Hosting

December 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

If you’re trying to establish a web presence or refresh an existing website, Shared Hosting is probably the best choice — especially for small businesses Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

What do you get with hosting from InMotion Hosting?

May 26, 2022 by Arnel Custodio

Website Hosting with InMotion Hosting Hosting subscriptions from InMotion Hosting include the Business Hosting, WordPress Hosting, VPS Hosting and Dedicated Server Hosting. The details for Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

Getting Started with Shared Hosting

November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

If you’re a small business or an individual new to web hosting and website creation, establishing a web presence can seem like an overwhelming task. Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

Do I Have Business Hosting or Shared Hosting?

July 30, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

If you’re looking for a great Shared Hosting plan and are researching hosting providers and services, you’ve probably noticed shared hosting being referred to as Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

Is Your Host Holding Out on Features You Need?

November 19, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana

Shopping for a good host is easier than it used to be. But, there are still a great deal of sub-optimal hosts on the market. Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

How to Create Professional Email Addresses for Your Business

July 26, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Your business email address is a very important element in positioning your business for success. It acts as your online business card, reminding the customer Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

Creating Logins on my Shared Hosting Plan

November 19, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

Do you need to provide access to your Shared Hosting account? All Shared Hosting plans include a single username for accessing cPanel. While you cannot Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

How to View Your Disk Space and Bandwidth Usage on Shared Servers

February 15, 2022 by Arnel Custodio

The following tutorial will show you how to view your disk space and bandwidth usage for cPanel Shared Hosting accounts. The information for each website Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

What Does “Unlimited” Mean at InMotion Hosting?

October 22, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana

With InMotion Hosting you can always expect to get more while paying less. Our most popular hosting packages are routinely updated with more of everything Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

NVMe and Shared Hosting

October 19, 2021 by Arnel Custodio

InMotion Hosting is proud to announce that NVMe SSD drives for hosting servers will be a part of all shared hosting solutions. NVMe drives for Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

Shared Hosting Page Load Metrics You Need To Watch

August 16, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana

Is your website loading painfully slow? It’s easy to add new features and plugins to your site, so it’s no wonder if your page load Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

Boosting Server Performance with NVMe Drives: High-Speed, Non-Volatile Data Storage

October 22, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

As the need for reliable, high-performance data storage has increased in demand, some hosting providers have started to enhance web server performance with NVMe drives. Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

Resolving an Accidental Block by Fail2ban

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

While working on your site, you may run into an unusual situation: everyone can access your site except for you. Uptime monitoring and external sites Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide

Using PHP Composer on Shared Hosting

August 16, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana

Managing dependencies for a large PHP project can become a nightmare. PHP powers some of the web’s most widely-used systems—from Facebook to WordPress and much Read More >

Posted in Shared Hosting Product Guide, Website
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