{"id":6014,"date":"2019-12-06T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icdsoft.com\/blog\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:15:09","slug":"start-your-own-hosting-company-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icdsoft.com\/blog\/start-your-own-hosting-company-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start Your Own Hosting Company at Home \u2013 the Complete Guide. Part 2 – Building the Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part two of our \"How to Start Your Own Hosting Company at Home\"<\/em> guide focuses on designing the actual website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here for part 1<\/strong>. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I'll show you how to build a real <\/strong>hosting company website <\/strong>called hectohost.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assuming that you've followed all the steps described in the first part<\/a>, by now you should have an ICDSoft reseller account with an online store configured in it, a domain name with hosting, and WordPress installed. The WordPress installation should have the OceanWP theme installed and activated along with the plugins ICDSoft Reseller Store, Elementor, and Ocean Extra.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Set up the Website Navigation Menu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We start by setting up the website menu<\/strong>. This would require that we create all the necessary pages of our site first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let's take a look at the pages we will have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Home<\/strong><\/em><\/li>
  • Hosting Plans<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong><\/li>
  • Email<\/strong><\/em><\/li>
  • SSL Certificates<\/strong><\/em><\/li>
  • Advantages<\/em><\/strong> <\/li>
  • Data Centers<\/em><\/strong> <\/li>
  • Contacts<\/em><\/strong> <\/li>
  • Support<\/strong><\/em> <\/li>
  • Order<\/strong><\/em> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This is the structure we've followed when building hectohost.com<\/strong> - our fictional but fully functional web hosting company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4.1 Create the Website Pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    To build the website menu, we have to start by creating these pages<\/strong>. We don't have to add any content to them now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Check out the video below <\/strong>to see how we add our Home page<\/strong>, and proceed with the rest in the same way. You should navigate to the Pages<\/strong> menu on the left side and select Add New. Then, enter the name of the page, change the Content Layout to \u201c100% Full Width<\/strong>\u201d. From the Title <\/strong>menu on the left side, Disable<\/strong> the setting \u201cDisplay Page Title<\/strong>\u201d.  From the Footer menu, disable \"Display Copyright Area<\/strong>\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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