This document covers the following topics:
Removing Domains
To remove a domain, do the following:
- Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings menu on the
left.
- Click the Delete icon in the Domain name field at the top of
the page.
- Confirm the deletion by clicking "Yes, I agree with the above".
- 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:
- Select Quick Access in Account menu.
- Click the Web Options icon to go to your web options page.
- Select the domain if you have more than one.
- Click Edit next to Web Service.
- At the bottom of the Web Service page that appears, enable
or disable Instant access domain alias.
Creating Subdomains
A 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:
- Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings menu in user's
Control Panel.
- Click Add in the Sub Domains field. You will be asked to
enter the subdomain name:
- 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.
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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.
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- does not support Virtual FTP;
- does not support SSL protection.
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Dedicated IP |
- supports Virtual FTP
- supports SSL
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Switching from Dedicated IP to Shared IP will delete your
virtual FTP and SSL services.
To change the type of IP, do the following:
- Select Domain Info link
in Domain Settings menu in
user's Control Panel.
- Click the Change to Shared IP link in the IP Address field.
- 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:
- Register the alias, exactly as you register domain
names.
- Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings
menu.
- Click the Add icon in the
Domain Aliases
field at the bottom of the page.
- Confirm by clicking "Yes, I agree with the additional
charges".
- 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:
- Select Quick Access in Account menu.
- Click the Web Options icon to go to your web options
page.
- Click the Edit icon next to the domain you need.
- Scroll down to the Server alias field and click
the
Add icon.
- Enter server alias. It will be added to the list of
server aliases for this virtual host name.
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:
- Select Quick Access in Account menu.
- Click the Web Options icon to go to your web options page.
- Select the domain if you have more than one.
- The active mode shows up in the Domain renew mode
entry:
To switch to another mode, click the Edit icon.
- On the page that opens, select either Manual or
Automatic.
To prolong domain registration manually:
- 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.
- Click the Submit button, to confirm your renewal request.
To configure automatic renewal:
- Click the Edit icon next to Domain renew mode.
- 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:
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