Getting Started with Noiz Hosting
This guide gives you a high-level overview of your Noiz hosting account. It helps you start building your website, get your email working, and find your way around the tools included with your plan.
Your Noiz account has two parts. The client area at noiz.co.za is where you manage your billing, your domains, and your support tickets. Your hosting control panel is where you build your website and manage your mailboxes. Depending on your plan, that panel is Plesk, DirectAdmin, or ISPConfig. Both parts are reached from the same login on the Noiz website.
Table of contents
If you have not signed up for hosting yet, choose a hosting package on the Noiz website and follow the checkout steps. If you get stuck at any point, contact Noiz support using one of the methods in Get help below.
Set up a website
Section titled “Set up a website”Getting a site live comes down to three things: a domain that points at Noiz, the website files themselves, and a secure HTTPS connection. Start here.
- Set up a domain for your website, so visitors can reach your site by name.
- Build a new site. WordPress is the usual starting point. You can install WordPress manually, or use the one-click installer in your control panel.
- Moving an existing site across? See how to migrate a WordPress site to Noiz Hosting.
- Every Noiz hosting plan includes free SSL certificates (Let’s Encrypt), so your site can be served securely over HTTPS without any extra purchase.
Manage a domain
Section titled “Manage a domain”Your domain name and your hosting are separate things: the domain is the address, the hosting is where the site lives. These guides cover choosing, registering, and pointing a domain.
- Choose the right domain name for your website.
- Check whether a domain name is available before you register it.
- Claim your free .co.za domain with a Noiz shared hosting plan.
- Point your domain to Noiz Hosting so it serves your new site.
- Update your registrant (Domain Guardian) details.
- Look up who owns a domain with the WHOIS service.
- Understand top-level domains (TLDs) such as .com, .co.za, and .ie.
If you are pointing a domain by nameserver, Noiz client hosting uses ns1.noiz.co.za and ns2.noiz.co.za.
Manage emails
Section titled “Manage emails”Mailboxes are created inside your hosting control panel. Once a mailbox exists, add it to your phone and computer using the setup guides below.
- Create a mailbox in your control panel: Plesk, DirectAdmin, or ISPConfig.
- Set up email on iPhone or iPad.
- Set up email on Android.
- Set up email in Microsoft Outlook.
- Set up email in Mozilla Thunderbird.
- Email not arriving or being rejected? Work through the email troubleshooting guide.
Get help
Section titled “Get help”Noiz support is there whenever a guide does not cover your exact situation.
- Contact Noiz support to see the available channels, response times, and what your plan covers.
- Browse the full Noiz knowledgebase for step-by-step guides on hosting, email, domains, and WordPress.
More tools
Section titled “More tools”- Back up your website before you make big changes: Plesk or DirectAdmin.
- Running WordPress? See how to speed up your WordPress site and work through the WordPress security checklist.
- Manage your billing and pay with Stripe, and read how to save (and make) money on your web hosting.
Still not sure where to start? Contact Noiz support and the team will point you in the right direction.