This is a home page provided by HostGator. You may delete it at anytime.

Normally, when you publish your website, the default page will not show anymore.

Here is the easiest way to change the home page:

1. Go to your control panel and open the File Manager
2. Go inside the folder where you find default.html
3. Create a New File
4. Name the new file index.html
5. Whatever you put inside the index.html file will be your new home page.

Wait, I wanted to keep the default page.

You may have deleted it, but now want it for the helpful links. If you want default.html on your site, simply contact HostGator and we will upload a copy.

New servers and old servers are upgraded to php5 as the new default; however, php4 is still supported.

You do not need to do anything to enable PHP 5. It is already installed and ready to go on all of our hosting plans.

To enable PHP 4, add this code to your .htaccess file in the folder where you want the changes to apply.

FTP is what most most webmasters use to upload their files, pages, and pictures to the internet. There are many different FTP programs available, some free, some paid, and some just better than others.

We recommend you use one of the programs listed in our Flash Movies.

Where can I download a free FTP program?

Most of our hosting is Linux based. In this case, the home directory is the entire directory which includes your public_html and www folders.

On the server, it is known as home/yourusername/