1. Before you start

You need three things:

Your website's ZIP file, downloaded after payment or from your account. Unzip it on your computer (right-click, then “Extract all” on Windows, or double-click on Mac). You get a folder containing index.html, plus contact.php for the Standard and Premium plans.
Hosting: the space where your files are stored and made available online.
A domain name (for example martin-bakery.com): often offered with hosting, or bought separately.

2. Choosing a host

The choice mostly depends on one question: do you have a contact form?

	Traditional host (OVHcloud, o2switch…)	Netlify
Price	A few euros a month, often including the domain name	Free plan available
Contact form (Standard, Premium)	Works	Doesn't work (Netlify doesn't run PHP)
Email address with your name	Usually included	Not included
Best for	All plans	The Basic plan (contact details shown, no form)

Avoid GitHub Pages and Vercel's free plan for a business website: their terms forbid commercial use on those plans.

3. Publishing, step by step

Pick your host. Menu names may vary slightly as hosts update their dashboards.

LWS

Log in to your LWS customer area and open your hosting management.
Open the file manager.
Go into the main website folder, called htdocs. Delete the placeholder page installed by LWS if there is one (often index.html or default.php).
Upload all the files from your unzipped folder (the contents, not the folder itself) into htdocs.
Turn on the free SSL certificate in your hosting security options, so your website opens with https://.

OVHcloud

In the OVHcloud control panel, open Web Cloud, then Hosting plans and your plan.
In the FTP - SSH tab, note the FTP server and login, and set a password if needed.
Install the free FileZilla app and connect with those details.
Open the www folder and upload all the files from your unzipped folder.
Check that the SSL certificate is active in your hosting settings.

o2switch

Log in to your o2switch cPanel.
Open the File Manager, then the public_html folder.
Click Upload and send your website's ZIP file, then right-click it and choose Extract. Check that index.html sits directly inside public_html.
Delete the ZIP file once extracted.
o2switch installs the SSL certificate automatically; it may take a little while to activate.

Netlify (free, no contact form)

Create a free account on netlify.com.
Open app.netlify.com/drop.
Drag and drop your website's unzipped folder into the drop area.
Netlify publishes your website in seconds at an address like random-name.netlify.app. You can change that name in the site settings.
To use your own domain name, open your site's Domain management settings and follow the instructions.

Remember: the Standard and Premium contact form doesn't work on Netlify. Show your email address and phone number on your website instead.

4. Connecting your domain name

If you bought the domain name from the same host, it is usually connected automatically. Otherwise, at the company where you bought the domain, change its “DNS servers” or “DNS records” using the values your host gives you. The change can take up to 24 hours to show everywhere.

5. Checking everything works

Open your website on a computer and on a phone.
Check that the address starts with https:// and shows a padlock.
Standard and Premium plans: send yourself a message through the contact form, and check your spam folder too.
Remember the legal notice, required for a business website. Yok-Kod's Contrats & CGV Studio writes it for you.

6. Changing your website later

In your account, click Edit next to your website, make your changes, save, then download it again. Then replace the old files at your host with the new ones, the same way as in step 3.

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