Creating your own website through DirectAdmin and SitePad: Step-by-step guide

By connecting to our hosting, you gain a unique opportunity to quickly and easily create your own website using DirectAdmin and the integrated SitePad website builder. In this article, we will provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to do it.

 

Step 1: Logging into DirectAdmin

  1. Open your browser and go to the address provided when you connected to our hosting.

  2. Enter your login and password, provided to you after registration.

  3. After successful login, you will find yourself in the DirectAdmin control panel.

 

Step 2: Accessing SitePad

  1. Inside DirectAdmin, find the "Extra Features" section.

  2. Click on the SitePad icon to access the website builder.

 

Step 3: Choosing a Template

  1. In the left menu, select "Add New Site."

  2. Click "Get Started" and choose the desired template for your website from the library.

  3. To preview the template, hover over it, click "Show Theme," and select "Demo."

  4. For the final template selection, click "Select."

 

Step 4: Domain Configuration and Adding Contact Information

  1. After choosing the template, you will see domain settings and contact information.

  2. Choose the correct domain ("Site Address").

PS. If you want to create a "test" site, you can add, for example, "/test", in the text field "In Directory" ("Site Address" → "In Directory") which will create a section named "test" on your domain, accessible at the link https://<your_domain>/test/.

  1. In the "Site Title" section, enter the name of your company.

  2. Add contact information that will be automatically used on your website.

 

Step 5: Publishing the Website

  1. Click "Proceed with Install" to complete the setup of website information.

 

Step 6: Editing Content

  1. In the "All Sites" section, hover over the created site and click "Login to the Site."

  2. Go to the "Pages" section.

  3. To edit pages, hover over the desired page and select "Edit this item" (pencil icon).

  4. Edit text, headings, images, and other content to match your requirements.

  5. Use SitePad's user-friendly interface to add new blocks, feedback forms, videos, and other elements.

 

Adding Language Versions

  1. Create copies of pages for each language version of your site. To do this, go to the "All Sites" section, hover over the site you want to make multilingual, and click the "Clone" icon.

  2. Choose the correct domain and add the section name to the "In Directory" field that corresponds to the language of the page (e.g., for an English page, you can enter "/eng").

  3. Open each language version and edit the text and content for the respective language.

  4. In the header of each language version, add a language switch control, such as a button or dropdown, that redirects users to pages with the corresponding language version.