When you sign up for an hosting account you will be sent a username/id and password to login to your control panel through which you can manage your hosting account.
What most people then do is to use the web browser to remember this login so that the next time they don’t have to retype the username/password.
Although this works very well it happens from time to time that the browser forgets or maybe you start using a new computer and therefore need to retype it.
So the first thing you need to do is to make a note of your account login details.
When you login you can access the ftp settings. You may need ftp to transfer files to the hosting space and so you should make a note of the ftp details, including:
- ftp address (url)
- username
- password
If you have installed WordPress then you will need to make a note of the admin password. Also don’t forget to change it to something that you can easily remember.
If you have just read the above and don’t know any of those details then you should find them out now as you never know when you might need them.
In addition most providers communicate via email only, and so the email address you used when you signed up is very important so make sure that you still have access to it.
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