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labok
08-26-2009, 10:04 AM
Hello,

Just signed up with bluehost. I have my website running at another host, during the transition to host it under bluehost, I need to access the website without using the domain.

How can I access the website without using my domain?

I have tried

boxXX.bluehost.com/accountname
boxXX.bluehost.com/domain.com

But it doesn't work.

Thanks,

GP

farcaster
08-26-2009, 10:16 AM
Use the temporary access this way:

http://your.ip.address.here/~accountname

Note the tilde in front of the accountname, and that is the one you would use to login to the cPanel.

For ftp access, use this:

ftp://accountname@your.ip.address.here/public_html

Note that there is no tilde using ftp.

You should have received this information in an email from BH.

labok
08-26-2009, 10:23 AM
Thanks. It works.

No, I didn't receive that information in the emails I've received from bluehost.com

Thanks again.

GP