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How to Point Your Domain to Your Hosting

When you own a domain name, you need to connect it to your hosting account so your website can appear online. Your CMS, your pages, your ideas--they all live on your hosting. Your domain simply points visitors to that home.

But here's the good news... you don't always have to do anything manually.

The Smartest Option for Beginners

If you register your domain name at HostPapi *and* choose one of their hosting plans, everything is connected for you automatically.

No DNS settings
No nameservers
No A records
No technical steps

You buy your domain, select a hosting plan, and HostPapi links the two instantly.

These hosting options auto-connect your domain:

cPanel Hosting
WordPress Hosting (Automatic Setup)
Web Hosting Plus (Bigger Sites & Higher Traffic)

If you don't understand DNS or don't want to deal with it, this is the safest and easiest path.

Why Pointing Matters (When Done Manually)

If your domain and hosting come from different companies, then you must manually connect them.
Your domain is the address.
Your hosting is the home.
DNS is the "directions."

Without pointing, your CMS can't be seen by anyone.

This Is the Step You Saw Earlier

In the Websites-For-Dummies guide, this exact process is explained here:

Step 4: Connect the Domain to the Hosting Provider (DNS Setup)

Now we're applying that same idea to your CMS-powered site.

The Two Ways to Point a Domain (If Needed)