How to point your domain to a simple "Coming soon" page
In this article we describe three ways to create a simple 'Coming Soon' page for your website.
Using Edit
Using HTML Editor
Using Site Publisher
Using Edit
1. Log into cPanel and navigate to File Manager menu in Files section:
2. Navigate to the root folder of your domain (by default, it is public_html for the main domain and addondomain.tld for the addon domains). Click the + File button to create a new file:
3. Type index.html in the New File Name field and click the Create new file button:
4. Select the newly created index.html file and click Edit:
5. Copy and paste one of the following codes:
a.
<html> <body>
Coming Soon!
</body></html>
b.
<!DOCTYPE>
<html>
<head>
<title>Under Construction</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This page is under construction. Please come back soon!</p>
</body>
</html>
c.
<!doctype html>
<title>Site Maintenance</title>
<style>
body { text-align: center; padding: 150px; }
h1 { font-size: 50px; }
body { font: 20px Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #333; }
article { display: block; text-align: left; width: 650px; margin: 0 auto; }
a { color: #dc8100; text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { color: #333; text-decoration: none; }
</style>
<article>
<h1>We'll be back soon!</h1>
<div>
<p>Sorry for the inconvenience but we're performing some maintenance at the moment. If you need to you can always <a href="mailto:#">contact us</a>, otherwise we'll be back online shortly!</p>
<p> - The Team</p>
</div>
</article>
6. Click Save Changes.
Using HTML Editor
1. Log into cPanel and navigate to the File Manager menu in Files section:
2. Navigate to the root folder of your domain (by default, it is public_html for the main domain and addondomain.tld for the addon domains). Click the + File button to create a new file:
3. Type index.html in the New File Name field and click Create new file button:
4. Select the newly created index.html file and click HTML Editor:
5. Click Edit:
6. You can use the following HTML Editor tools to edit the page:
- Use templates
- Add form, checkbox, radio button, text field, button etc
- Format text, change styles, fonts, highlight text and change its color
- Insert number and bullet lists
- Add quotes
- Insert images
- Add hyperlinks
Here’s an example of the simple page created using HTML Editor:
Using Site Publisher
Site Publisher menu in cPanel allows to create a simple one-page website for your business or to set a maintenance page while working on a bigger project. For detailed instructions on how to use it, refer to this article.
That's it!