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Guides for ThunderHosting web hosting, domains and DNS: ordering, Plesk, email, WordPress, SSL, plan changes and billing.
Everything you need to run your website on ThunderHosting web hosting in Lugano, Switzerland: from ordering and connecting your domain to email, WordPress, plan changes and billing.
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Getting started with ThunderHosting web hosting
What ThunderHosting web hosting includes: Plesk panel, free SSL, daily backups, email and databases, plus a comparison of the Solo Spark, Smart Space and Business Pack plans.
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Ordering web hosting
How to order ThunderHosting web hosting step by step: plan, account, organization, domain options, payment by card, TWINT or Swiss QR bank transfer, and activation time.
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Your hosting dashboard and Plesk login
Find your web hosting dashboard, open Plesk with single sign-on, change the hosting password and learn what each dashboard tab (Mail, Databases, WordPress, DNS) is for.
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Connecting your domain: DNS settings and name servers
Point your domain to ThunderHosting web hosting: use ThunderHosting DNS with our name servers or keep DNS elsewhere and add records, then verify with the DNS test.
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Changing your main domain and adding domain aliases
Change the main domain of your ThunderHosting web hosting, switch from a free subdomain to your own domain, and add domain aliases that show the same website.
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Email accounts and webmail
Create mailboxes on your own domain, set up forwarding, change mailbox passwords and open webmail from the ThunderHosting web hosting dashboard. Includes mail client tips.
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Installing and managing WordPress
Install WordPress in one click on ThunderHosting web hosting, log in to wp-admin from the dashboard and manage updates, plugins, themes, cache, clones and maintenance mode.
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Databases and phpMyAdmin
Create MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL databases and users on ThunderHosting web hosting, allow remote access and open phpMyAdmin in Plesk for import and export.
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SSL certificates with Let's Encrypt
Secure your website with HTTPS: issue a free Let's Encrypt certificate on ThunderHosting web hosting, include www, upload your own certificate and assign it to the site.
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Uploading files: File Manager, FTP and SFTP
Upload and manage website files on ThunderHosting web hosting with the Plesk File Manager, FTPS or SFTP, and create additional FTP accounts from the hosting dashboard.
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Upgrading or downgrading your hosting plan
How plan changes work on ThunderHosting web hosting: pro-rata upgrades applied after payment, downgrades at the end of the paid period, billing period switches, with an example.
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Billing, renewals, suspension and cancellation
When ThunderHosting web hosting renewal invoices are issued, how automatic card payments work, what happens if an invoice is unpaid and how to cancel at the end of the period.
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Registering a domain, on its own or with hosting
Search and register a domain with ThunderHosting, on its own from the Domains page or together with web hosting, confirm the registrant and follow the registration status.
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Managing a domain: contacts, name servers, transfer and renewal
Manage a domain registered with ThunderHosting: domain contacts, WHOIS privacy, ThunderHosting DNS or custom name servers, transfer lock and auth code, and yearly renewal.
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DNS zones: included DNS, DNS-only plans and editing records
ThunderHosting DNS is free with domains and web hosting; DNS-only plans cover other domains. Learn record limits, extra record packages and how to edit A, MX, TXT and other records.