The Cloud86 AI Website Builder is available on all Cloud86 hosting plans, but only with new WordPress installations. It is built on WordPress and uses a set of additional plugins to provide AI-powered website building. That’s why the first step is to install a specific WordPress Theme with these plugins preinstalled. With this builder, it becomes easier and quicker to create a WordPress website using AI. Follow the steps below to install the builder and move on to building your own custom website.
Login on Plesk Control Panel
- In My Cloud86 (link), click in the left menu on My Services.
- Click the 3 dots behind the web hosting package you want to see in Plesk and click View Details.
- Under the heading Manage Webhosting (middle of the page), click on Websites & Domains.
- You will now be automatically logged into the Plesk Control Panel.
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Install the AI Website Builder
Before you can install WordPress and the AI Website Builder, you need to have an (empty) domain or subdomain available in your hosting account. In order to add an extra domain you can use (Plesk: Adding extra domain (website)), for adding a subdomain you can use (Plesk: Adding subdomain or domain aliases).
- In Plesk, under Websites & Domains, check if the (sub)domain is available for the installation.
- In the left menu click on WordPress.
- In the WP Toolkit click on Install.
- In the next window you can configure your WordPress website, make sure to check the installation path and set the Plugin/theme set to the value Cloud86-AI-Website Builder.
- Installation path: indicate where you want to place your new website. If you don't have another website, leave this as it is and WordPress will be installed on the main domain (using our example domain, this would be cloud86example.com). Otherwise, you can choose to install the website on a different (sub)domain by clicking on the domain name or place it in a subdirectory like https://cloud86example.com/wordpress.
- Website title: enter the title of your website here.
- Plugin or theme set: set this theme to Cloud86-AI-Website Builder, this theme contains the required AI Website builder plugins. If you select another theme, these AI functionalities are not available.
- Website language: depending on the language you will use on your website.
- Version: if you want to choose an older version of WordPress, you can adjust it here. The latest version is selected by default.
- Username: the username you want to use to log in to WordPress later.
- Password: the password you want to use as an administrator.
- Email: the email address that should be linked to the administrator account.
- You only need to check the Installation path and set the Plugin/Theme set to Cloud86-AI-Website Builder, all other settings don't need to be adjusted, unless you have specific requirements for your database or WordPress updates. Particularly suitable for advanced users.
- Click on Install and your new website will be prepared and automatically secured.
- When finished installing the WordPress Toolkit will asks if you want to install plugins for your website. This step is optional and can be skipped (No thank you).
- It takes about 2 minutes to finish the installation, in the right bottom corner there is a progress indicator, as soon as it finishes you can login to the website.
WordPress Login
If you have just installed the AI Website Builder, it will take some time to install the AI Website Builder plugins. So wait two minutes before clicking the Log In button in the WP Toolkit. You will then be automatically signed in and asked a few questions to kickstart the website cretion with the AI Website Builder. You can follow the steps yourself or use the following guide to walk you through it AI Website Builder: first-time login (kickstart).
If you need some help, you can always reach our support desk by email support@cloud86.io and on weekdays from 9:00 to 16:00 (CET) you can also reach us by phone and via the chat in My Cloud86.