| Configuring
Domains |
| This
document covers the following topics:
•Removing domains
•Instant domain aliases
•Creating subdomains
•Shared and dedicated IP hosting
•Domain aliasing
•Server aliasing
•Prolonging domain registration
•Changing contact/billing info for domains
registered through the control panel |
| Removing Domains |
| To
remove a domain, do the following:
1.Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings
menu on the left.
2.Click the Delete icon in the Domain name field
at the top of the page.
3.Confirm the deletion by clicking "Yes,
I agree with the above".
4.Choose whether you would like to preserve
the content of the domain's directory.
If you choose to leave web content, all this
website will remain on the server and will be
accessible by FTP.
If you choose to remove web content, all this
website and it's directory will be permanently
deleted from the server.
|
| Instant
Domain Aliases |
| An
instant domain alias is an additional web address
that gives access to your website when you don't
have a real domain name or when your real domain
name is temporarily unavailable. Instant domain
aliases are generated randomly based on your
provider's domain name and can't be changed.
To enable or disable access to your website
by instant domain alias:
1.Select Quick Access in Account menu.
2.Click the Web Options icon to go to your web
options page.
3.Select the domain if you have more than one.
4.Click Edit next to Web Service.
5.At the bottom of the Web Service page that
appears, enable or disable Instant access domain
alias. |
| Creating
Subdomains |
| subdomain
is a lower level domain. It is added on the
left of the domain name, e.g. subdomain.example.com.
You can create as many subdomains as allowed
by the plan. Domains and subdomains have equal
functional capabilities, including web site
management, e-mail service, FTP, dedicated IPs,
etc., but subdomains do not have their own DNS
zones and usually cost less.
To create a subdomain, go through the following
steps:
1.Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings
menu in user's Control Panel.
2.Click Add in the Sub Domains field. You will
be asked to enter the subdomain name:
3.Enter the new subdomain. It will be displayed
in the Subdomain field of the Domain Settings
page. |
| Shared
and Dedicated IP Hosting |
| This
is also called Virtual Hosting (Shared IP) and
IP Based Hosting (Dedicated IP).
Shared IP hosting - one IP address is assigned
to several domains and access to a domain is
available only by its domain name;
Dedicated IP hosting - one IP address is assigned
to one domain. To access a domain you can use
either its IP address or its domain name. |
| |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| Shared IP |
> can be used for virtually
unlimited number of virtual hosts;
> easy to configure and use;
> requires no additional hardware of software;
can be used for free.
|
>does
not support Virtual FTP;
>does not support SSL protection |
Dedicated
IP
|
> supports
Virtual FTP
> supports SSL |
>It is a pay
service |
Switching
from Dedicated IP to Shared IP will delete your
virtual FTP and SSL services.
To change the type of IP, do the following:
1.Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings
menu in user's Control Panel.
2.Click the Change to Shared IP link in the
IP Address field.
3.If prompted, confirm the change by clicking
"Yes, I agree with the above".
IMPORTANT: After you switch between shared and
dedicated IPs, it will take several hours before
the domain becomes available at the new IP address.
You can use an IP-only server. To create it,
choose "no domain" option during signup.
Following the signup, you should change type
of IP to Dedicated.
|
| Domain Aliasing |
Domain
aliasing, or domain stacking, is creating additional
domain names that would point to the IP of a
different domain. For example, if your domain
name is example.com, you can register another
domain name, e.g. example.net and have it point
to the location of example.com. This means,
every Internet user who goes to example.net
will land in example.com.
A domain alias may have:
•its own DNS zone;
•custom DNS records;
•separate mail service.
To create a new domain alias, do the following:
1..Register the alias, exactly as you register
domain names.
2.Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings
menu.
3.Click the Add icon in the Domain Aliases field
at the bottom of the page.
4.Confirm by clicking "Yes, I agree with
the additional charges".
5.Enter the domain alias. This must be a fully
qualified domain name, e.g. example.com:
•leave the Configure DNS box unchecked
if the domain alias is registered on a different
DNS server. In this case, DNS for this domain
alias will not be maintained and mail service
will be inaccessible for this domain alias.
•check the Configure DNS box if you want
a DNS record for this domain alias to be created
on this hosting server. In this case you'll
be able to create and edit custom DNS records
for this domain alias, and Mail Service will
be available.
|
| Server
Aliasing |
| Server
aliases are additional names for your virtual
host. Unlike domain aliases, they are not added
to your DNS zone, and are registered only with
apache. For instance, if your virtual host name
is example.com and you also would like it to be
available at www.example.com, you should add www
server alias to the example.com domain.
To add a server alias, do the following:
1.Select Quick Access in Account menu.
2.Click the Web Options icon to go to your web
options page.
3.Click the Edit icon next to the domain you
need.
4.Scroll down to the Server alias field and
click the Add icon.
5.Enter server alias. It will be added to the
list of server aliases for this virtual host
name. |
| Prolonging
Domain Registration |
| Prolonging
Domain Registration
This option is available only for domains registered
from your control panel.
Although you will be sent an e-mail notification
before your domain expires, you can choose whether
to prolong your contract with the registrar
company manually or automatically. In the automatic
mode, your domain name will be renewed for as
many years as you specify in your control panel
settings. In the manual mode, you would have
to enter your control panel and click the Renew
Domain link; otherwise the domain name will
expire and become unavailable. To set the renewal
mode to automatic or manual:
1.Select Quick Access in Account menu.
2.Click the Web Options icon to go to your web
options page.
3.Select the domain if you have more than one.
4.The active mode shows up in the Domain renew
mode entry:
To switch to another mode, click the Edit icon.
5.On the page that opens, select either Manual
or Automatic.
To prolong domain registration manually:
1.Click the Renew domain link:
•Renew/registration date: the date you
registered your domain or last time prolonged
the domain registration.
•Registration/last renew period in years:
the period you registered or last time prolonged
the domain registration for.
•Total contract length in years: the period
you've registered your domain for (including
all the renewals).
•Expiration date: the date when your domain
registration period expires.
•Advisable renew date: the date you are
advised to prolong the domain registration.
•Renew domain for this many year(s): set
the period you'd like to prolong the domain
registration for.
2.Click the Submit button, to confirm your
renewal request.
To configure automatic renewal:
1.Click the Edit icon next to Domain renew
mode.
2.Select Automatic and enter the years to renew
the domain for: |
| Changing
Contact/Billing Info for Domains Registered through
the Control Panel |
If
you want to change either your contact or billing
info for the registered domain, please click
the Edit icon in the corresponding section.
Edit info in the form and check the Yes button
in the Affect Owner Info entry |