Spinland Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Pardon me if this is an already-covered topic but a forum search on "dns" didn't turn anything up. I just had a client register a domain name and start a hosting plan with you. She's sent me the account id and password so I can log in and configure it for her and set up her web pages...but it's been so long since I started fresh I've forgotten: does she (or I) need to do anything manually to set up DNS so the new domain can be seen, or is that already fixed up and it will auto-propagate in a few days? If it has to be manually configured, how does one get the server address without recourse to the domain name? The new domain is BrandyKegKennels.com. Thanks in advance! Spinny Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 You or your friend will need to log in to your domain registrars control panel and set the name servers to the ones mentioned in the welcome email for the hosting. When that is done, propagation starts which can take up to 72 hours but is usually faster than that. Until propagation has finished, the domain may been visible one second and the next second it can not be seen. As for accessing the account before propagation has finished you can use http://server_name/~username I believe. To find the servername, please see the welcome email mentioned above. Quote
Spinland Posted December 7, 2009 Author Posted December 7, 2009 Thanks. I've forwarded your post to her. Appreciate it! Quote
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