Publish using site builder?

Hi there

I’m in no way a website designer or developer. All I wanted to do is create a simple landing page for an advertisement (using the website builder on the site) and publish it and it should be live.

This is now the 2nd free hosting service where it does not upload or publish the site I build and when I look for help, everyone is talking about uploading the website via FTP.

What website must I upload using FTP? I just created one using the built in website builder and as the service states: build your website and publish it and you’re done.

So whats the deal with having to upload files to FTP. What files? I created the site online?

PLEASE help needed to have this up 2 days ago already.

PS: when I go to http://www.airmauritiusnews.000webhostapp.com/ it still shows nothing. I noticed a directory with the same name as the site builder and in there there was alot of files and stuff (and index.php).

So I even tried moving them to the root of public_html but still nothing. What am I doing wrong help please

000webhost no longer support www on websites. Just access airmauritiusnews.000webhostapp.com.

However, you have set your website to redirect to www, which is not possible. Please remove the redirect to www, access airmauritiusnews.000webhostapp.com and your website should load fine :wink:


UPDATE: I have corrected the redirect. Your website is loading fine now.

Thank you thank you thankg you!

OK - so now I have an issue with DNS from my domain provider - THEY say this:

As the nameservers are pointing to remote, you need to contact the remote nameserver end to update DNS records. Please note that, even you are updating the DNS records via clientzone, it won’t be updated.

Which in my eyes is bull. I’ve done DNS myself plenty of times as we host multiple sites and the DNS records (A, CNAME and NS) need to point to YOU guys.

Correct me if I’m wrong?

Yes, you have two choices: either you park your domain to us, or you set up a CNAME redirect.

I suggest you the first one. Visit your domain registrar cPanel and update the NSs to

NS01.000WEBHOST.COM
NS02.000WEBHOST.COM

Then go to 000webhost cPanel > Set web address > Add domain > Park domain > input your domain

Ok that’s almost done (waiting propegation).

If I go to www.airmauritiusnews.co.za, it defaults to the incorrect www one…how can I fix this? I’ve got a CNAME record that says www.airmauritiusnews.co.za must point to http://airmauritiusnews.000webhostapp.com

JUST did that though so maybe I’m a bit hasty…it should work like that hey?

Wait. You’ve got a CNAME redirect and you’ve parked the domain at the same time? :confused:

Choose only one of them. Both set up will interfere.

@nvlctur Also, if you’re adding CNAME entries, add one with naked @ domain as well.

Interesting - our full websites hosted at Wix require all 3 (A record, NS and CNAME)?

Then I just a pointer to the MX record back to my domain hosting side for mails and they work.

@NGiNX Naked @ domain? like airmauritiusnews.co.za to the webhost address? I’ve got CNAME for that too but pointing so Mailchimp could authorise the domain

Anyway. It all seems to work OK, just when I put in www.airmauritiusnews.co.za then it comes up with the “there’s nothing there yet” page again

Urgh ok wait, now something did interfere coz now it brings up http://error404.000webhost.com/

Where should the CNAME point? both from airmauritiusnews.co.za and www.air… to my webhost page addres right?

Waat. Now the redirect is back again (to http://www.airmauritiusnews.000webhostapp.com/

What must the A records point to (address)?

Urgh ok wait, now something did interfere coz now it brings up http://error404.000webhost.com/

Where should the CNAME point? both from airmauritiusnews.co.za and www.air… to my webhost page addres right?
Waat. Now the redirect is back again (to http://www.airmauritiusnews.000webhostapp.com/

DNS propagation time can take up to 24 hours. Do a setting and just wait.

What must the A records point to (address)?

A record is taken from NSs. You don’t have to care about it.


  1. Just go to your registrar cPanel and use NS01.000WEBHOST.COM and NS02.000WEBHOST.COM as Name Servers.

  2. Then go to 000webhost cPanel > Set web address > Add domain > park domain > input your domain name

  3. Wait.

When I try to do it, I get this error:

Oops! An Error Occurred

We checked and we failed to find any NS records for airmauritiusnews.co.za at the server -->ns01.000webhost.com<-- Please double check that you have entered the correct name server and you have correctly configured the server with for your domain

This occurs because you’re not using 000webhost’s NSs yet.

Contact your registrar and ask him to change your NSs to

NS01.000WEBHOST.COM
NS02.000WEBHOST.COM

Then park the domain as I told you in the previous posts :wink:

But I can’t change it to NS01.000webhost.com - it gives that error :frowning:

Then use CNAMEs redirects.

Add two of them.

• one named @ and link to airmauritiusnews.000webhostapp.com
• one named www and link to airmauritiusnews.000webhostapp.com

OK great…so the entry must just say @? and the other www?

Then, what must the NS records be? Original to my domain provider?

Yes, in this cas, the NS should be to your domain provider.

Thanks again, its working 100% now. :slight_smile:

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