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We can provide web space for any domain you have. This allows you to have a web site containing web pages, images, videos, etc. It does not include php or sql or other such features, but this does not stop you creating a stunning web site. If you want such features you may like to consider hosting a server.

The domain control pages allow you to set up the DNS. This is normally set up for you. Simply create an entry for www with a CNAME to our web server which is www-server.co.uk. You can also create a special DNS entry of type 'FTP password' with a password. This defines the password for loading web pages on to the site. You can set multiple passwords and any will work. You can set different passwords for specific sub domains if you like. Warning: the username and password are sent in plain text, you may wish to use one-time passwords.

Lets Encrypt

https by default

By default, we will generate SSL certificates for domains we host - this will use Let's Encrypt and your website will be available over HTTPS.

When a new domain (or DNS record) is pointed at our web server a new certificate will need to be generated. This should happen within an hour or two, but can take longer if we happen to have a large queue of certificates to request at the time.

If a domain's certificate is not correct after 24 hours then do get in touch with Support. However, a browser may be caching a SSL cert error message, so do clear cache or try a new browser etc, just to be sure.

Sub.sub.domains

Please note that we automatically generate certificates to a single subdomain depth only. For example, we would generate certs for example.com and test.example.com, but not www.test.example.com. Support can work around this limitation on request, so please let us know if you need this.

Redirect http to https

You can create a file called 'https' in your web space. That page, and any subdomains of it, should then automatically redirect to HTTPS. This file can be empty but must be placed at the root level - ie, the same level as the www directory (not in the www directory or in other directories)