Hello all. I was referred by Camppain to check out this site for webhosting. I used to have (still do, somewhat) Yahoo/Geocities which explains a lot without saying much as to why I've switched. But the main reason for the move is I've forgotten my Yahoo password and they say my login info doesn't match (zip, country, etc). After begging them to verify my "billing" info, instead of my login info that I entered over a year ago just to have email/chat (without knowing I'd start a website eventually), they still refused to help me out. There's no support from Yahoo/Geocities, which after reading a webhosting forum, this is well known. I just wish I had known a year ago when I started paying (gasp) $8.95 a month for decent speeds, not much space, and of course Geocities/Yahoo "wonderful" support. I still need to find a way to cancel my Geocities account (their website says you have to be logged in to do this).
Without even cancelling the Geocities account first, after seeing the silver plan that is offered here, I signed up for a year and got a domain name w/privacy (that I won't lose, unlike my Geocities domain name). This will be my second or third website and I'm still somewhat new to this format and the control panel is a big change, so go easy on me if I have any questions. The initial setup seems a little more complex to me, but it's not a bad thing because I realize it will all pay off and there are more options to play with.
My questions for right now is that I have signed up for the website hosting last night, so it takes 24-48 hours before I can start uploading? (not complaining) When this is completed, will I be notified? When I want to upload files, I go directly to the control panel by typing mydomainname.com:2082?
Thanks.