Getting Started

If you are new to HOASTI, we would recommend you read the help documentation in conjunction with the HOASTI demo – a fully functioning test version of the HOASTI web app, that allows you to “test drive” the fantastic features of HOASTI to see how it might benefit you. To read more and try the demo please click here.

Once you have seen what HOASTI can do, you will no doubt wish to sign up and get your FREE account! Please click here to register.

Once you’ve entered your registration details and confirmed that you have read our terms and conditions, you will be sent an email with a link to verify your email account (please check your Spam folder if you cannot locate the email).

Once verified, you will be prompted to set at least one security question (you must do this to be able to use any of the features of the site).

Once you have registered your account and set your security question(s), it’s time to add some data!  There are two methods in which to do this:

  • importing the data from a csv file (see the “Importing CSV Data” section, right, for information) or,
  • inputting your data manually, which is explained below.

When inputting data manually, it is important to note the order in which to enter the initial data, these steps are detailed below.

Step 1: Adding Server Details

We suggest that you add all server details first, as when adding websites, you will need to specify which server they are on.

To do this:

  • Click on the “Servers” option on the top menu bar.

  • On the resulting page (Locate the “Add Server” button to the right of the title bar and complete the relevant details. Once happy, click on the relevant Save button (if you want to go on to add technical details or costs for the server, use the first option, otherwise just use the second option.

Stage 2: Adding Client Details

You need to add a client before you can add a website (if it is a website that belongs to you, you will be the client).

You add a client in the same way as adding a server:

  • Click on the “Clients” option on the top menu bar.
  • On the resulting page (Locate the “Add Client” button to the right of the title bar and complete the relevant details. Once happy, click on the “Add” button.

Stage 3: Adding Websites

Once you have set up your client details, you can add websites.

To do this:

  • Locate the client that you will be adding the website details for (either via the search or the client listing) and then either click on the “Add Website” button in the client listing (plus button);

  • or click on the “View this Client’s Websites” option, followed by the “Add Website” option on the resulting page.

  • You add the details in the same way as adding a server, being sure to click on one of the Save buttons to store them.