: On Hostgator, how can I remove "~username" from my website's URL? Right now to access my website I need to go to http://www.example.com/~username/index.html How do I remove this so I can simply

@Murphy175

www.example.com/~username/

The ~username part is a temporary URL just to open and view your website. It wont affect your website if you access it via the temporary URL. This give you the power to access the hosting files before your Domain DNS gets propagated (1 hour to 48 hours) across the globe.

/public_html/example.co.nz


This is peculiar but I have not used hostgators windows hosting yet. Normally it goes like this

/example.co.nz/public_html


Just wait a few hours before your DNS propagates and if you setup any path on your website, be sure to correct it on your script/config after the domain propagates.

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@Heady270

Hostgator refers to the ~username URL as a "temporary URL." They suggest that you don't actually use it. Instead, you should put your domain name into your local computer's host file until it is live in DNS.

Hostgator has a help page that explains this. It also offers migration solutions from the temporary URL for all their server configurations.

They also offer that you can contact their support team to get help with the migration.

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