ZIP hosting is a direct way to publish a website that already works on your computer. Instead of configuring a server or connecting a build pipeline, you package the files your browser needs into one ZIP file and upload it.

The important distinction is that you upload the finished website folder. For a plain website that usually means index.html, CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, and any other assets. If the site was made with a tool such as Vite, Hugo, or Eleventy, run its build command first and zip the output folder such as dist/ or public/.

Prepare the right ZIP structure

Open the ZIP before uploading it. At the top level, you should see the entry file immediately:

website.zip
├── index.html
├── assets/
├── styles.css
└── images/

A common mistake is zipping the parent folder. That produces website.zip → website/index.html. The host then cannot find the homepage at /index.html. Select the contents of the folder before compressing them instead.

Publish, then test the live URL

  1. Create a ZIP website deployment in ZipHost and upload the archive.
  2. Open the hosted URL after publishing.
  3. Check the home page, one deeper page, images, and browser console errors.
  4. Connect a custom domain once the preview is correct.

Use relative asset paths such as assets/logo.svg or ./assets/logo.svg. Paths beginning with a local drive name or file:/// work only on your computer. ZIP hosting does not change the website; it makes the files in your archive available at a public URL.