Getting Started with DreamPress

This article walks you through the most important steps and features to help get your DreamPress site online as fast as possible.

See this article to learn more about how to upgrade your WordPress site to DreamPress.

The following links provide a few options to move an existing site (with another web host) to DreamHost:

• Migrate a WordPress site to DreamPress
• Manually migrate WordPress to DreamHost

If you previously registered a new domain when you signed up, your domain name is already set up in your panel. If you already own a domain name, the following links explain how to transfer and configure it for DreamPress:

• Transfer a domain registration to DreamHost
• Changing the name of a DreamPress domain

See the following articles to create an email address for your DreamPress site:

• Add an email address
• Webmail overview

There are two locations to manage your DreamPress website: the WordPress Admin Dashboard and the Manage Websites page.

The WordPress Admin Dashboard

The WordPress Admin Dashboard (wp-admin) is where you can add and edit content and features on your WordPress website.

The Domain Settings page

The Domain Settings page is where you can manage hosting details for your website, including new features such as on-demand backups and a staging site.

Navigate to the Manage Websites page and click the Manage button to open the Domain Settings page, which allows you to adjust various settings for your site.

• If in Grid view, click the Manage button at the bottom of the website box.
• If in List view, click the Manage button at the far right of your domain name.

DreamPress includes many powerful features to enhance, speed up, and protect your website. See the following articles to learn how to take full advantage of your DreamPress service:

• Creating and restoring backups for DreamPress
• How to stage a DreamPress site
• Managing the DreamPress cache
• Bunny CDN overview