Domains at Retail: Domain Names and Web Hosting

September 29, 2008

Hosting Preview DNS

Filed under: General, Web Hosting, Website Design

Our Web Site Hosting Preview DNS lets you test your Web site prior to launch to ensure it displays and behaves properly on our hosting servers before modifying your domain’s DNS record. This is beneficial when you are setting up a Web site for a domain that is currently active, either in your account or with another hosting provider.

To Preview Your Web Site

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, select Hosting.
  3. Next to the appropriate hosting account, click Manage Account.
  4. In the Account Summary panel, click View to display your primary domain’s DNS information.
  5. If Preview DNS is enabled, click Preview my site.

Note: Before your DNS settings are modified to point to our hosting servers, you must upload content using your hosting account IP address and not your domain name. You can find the IP address of your hosting account in the Hosting Control Center’s summary page. Once your domain’s DNS settings have been modified, you should upload content using your domain name, as your account’s IP address may change.

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September 27, 2008

Custom Website Design

Filed under: General, Website Design

Let us build it for you! With the Custom Design Group, a professional, custom-built Web site is more affordable than you think - just one low monthly payment and no set-up fees!

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Plan Features

  • 5-page Web site
  • Your choice of professionally designed template
  • 30 min. of monthly site updates
  • Access to your site via an easy-to-use site editor
  • 4 GB Disk Space
  • 200 GB Bandwidth
  • 1000 Email Accounts
  • Unlimited Email Forwards
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Custom Create It For Me

Just $89.99/mo†† USD

Plan Features

  • 20-page Web site
  • Custom Header and complementary graphics for your Web site
  • Your choice of professionally designed template
  • 30 min. of monthly site updates
  • Access to your site via an easy-to-use site editor
  • 4 GB Disk Space
  • 200 GB Bandwidth
  • 1000 Email Accounts
  • Unlimited Email Forwards
  • FREE! $25 Google® AdWords® Credit*
  • FREE! $50 Microsoft® adCenter Credit**
  • FREE! Google Webmaster Tools

 

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September 25, 2008

Domain Name Management

Filed under: General, Web Hosting, Domain Names

Here are some of the Domain Name Management options you will find in your Hosting Control panel once logged in.

Multiple Domains
You can point multiple domain names to your hosting content by adding them to your hosting account. In addition, each domain can support subdomains of its own. NOTE: If you remove a domain from your account, its subdomains are also removed.

Adding a Domain
To add a domain to your hosting account, select it from the Domain drop-down list or type a domain name that is not available in the list. In the Domain Hosting Path drop-down list, specify where the content for domain resides. This can be any content directory on your hosting site. There is no limit to the number of subdirectories that you can use, but the path cannot be longer than 70 characters. Click Add Domain.

Subdomains
A subdomain is an easy way to create a memorable Web address for various parts of your site. For example, a subdomain “pics” added to the domain “coolexample.com” results in the following URL: “http://pics.coolexample.com”. Subdomains can point to any content directory on your hosting site.

Adding a Subdomain
To add a subdomain to a domain in your hosting account, click Add Sub Domain next to the appropriate domain. This can be any of the multiple domains in your hosting account. In the Sub Domain text box, enter the subdomain name. In the Path drop-down list, specify the content directory to which the subdomain should point. There is no limit to the number of subdirectories that you can use, but the path cannot be longer than 70 characters. Click Save.

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