i have provided the following details to a domain registrar , my shared hosting account ip address, and the main domain's two DNS records which i copied from dns manager. i have added the domain in the hosted domains section and assigned a folder with a blank page in it. the domain is www.mahala.co.zw . i have gone to domaintools.com and looked up the domain and it shows its registered and returns the correct DNS records but when i visit the site it does not resolve. is there anything i missed on the godaddy side before i go back to the registrar. Please help
The best way to add an external domain to GoDaddy Ultimate Hosting is as so:
Add the domain manually in the domain section of your hosting. There is a section where it says "add external domain"
Wait about 2 hours and your domain will show as part of your domain list
Click the domain and go to the bottom of the page and then copy the now self generated DNS records (2 of them)
Apply these to the place you bought your domain (pointing your domain to these DNS records)
Go to your GoDaddy hosting, log in to the hosting account you want to use, go to hosted domains, and it should auto fill when you add the new domain name to the the list
You are done ! Good luck, God speed because GoDaddy is the worst when it comes to this process; I guarantee you none of their support section notes have such a step by step remotely close to this one I have written.
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I want to create a website where I want a normal web address for site visitors i.e. www.sitename.com and the administrator of the website should have a web address like www.administrator.sitename.com. How do I achieve this? Just to clear things out, site visitors do not have the feature to create their own accounts on the website. There is only one user that exists i.e. Administrator.
Any other suggestions for implementing this system are also appreciated. This system will be implemented using the MERN stack so, please provide references accordingly.
This has nothing to do with MERN Stack. You basically need to do two things:
Create a subdomain. This can be done by visiting your domain registrar (like goDaddy or any website from which you've purchased your domain).
Host the admin panel on the subdomain.
So, let's say you have purchased example.com from GoDaddy. Now, login to your account on GoDaddy and add a subdomain admin.example.com. Follow the guide on how to add a subdomain for your registrar.
For GoDaddy, read this.
For Namecheap, read this.
That's it. Now you need to host two different websites (one for users and another for admins) one on main domain and another on a subdomain of your choice.
I have my WordPress hosted in this IP for example: http://46.102.133.215/project/public_html/
I'm using linux server.
I bought a domain and it is registered on NameCheap.
Now what should I do, I'm confused. This is my first time, which steps should I do to relate Ip with the domain?
Please help!
You can go through following steps to map your domain to your web hosting server.
1) Your web host must have provided you with the "New Account
Information" containing web hosting login information such as, FTP details, Nameservers, etc.
2) Grab the Nameservers and login to Namecheap control panel. Follow below tutorial and change the nameservers to those which are provided by your web host.
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-can-i-change-the-nameservers-for-my-domain
3) Once you change the nameservers, DNS propagation may take few hours and your website will start resolving your web host. You'll be able to browse your website with the domain name itself.
4) To run a WordPress website on temporary URL, earlier you might have done the changes in WordPress Address and Site Address variables. You'll have to correct these changes.
5) Replace these entries with your actual domain name and setup. You can refer following tutorial to change these variables.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
I have an site hosted on Azure that I am trying to point a domain from Google Domains to.
My current configuration is as follows:
Name Type Data
# A XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
www CNAME history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net
awverify CNAME awverify.history-podcasts.com
I am following the instructions from here: Configuring a custom domain name for an Azure Website.
When I go to the Azure portal to Manage Domain and attempt to enter the url in DOMAIN NAMES, I get the following message:
A CNAME record pointing from history-podcasts.com to history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net was not found. Alternative record awverify.history-podcasts.com to awverify.history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net was not found either
When I go to the URL for the domain, I get the following message:
The website you have attempted to reach is not available in this Microsoft Azure Web Sites region. This could be due to one of several reasons:
The web site owner has registered a custom domain to point to the Microsoft Azure Web Site, but has not yet configured Azure to recognize it. Click here to read more.
When a site owner wants to use a custom domain with a Microsoft Azure Web Sites website, Azure needs to be configured to recognize the custom domain name, so that it can route the request to the appropriate server in the region. After registering the domain with a domain provider and configuring a DNS CNAME record to point to the site's Azurewebsites.net address (for example, contoso.azurewebsites.net), the website owner also needs to go to the Azure Portal and configure the site for the new domain. Click here to learn more about configuring the custom domains for a web site.
This is the same configuration settings I am currently using for several domains through Namecheap with Azure hosting and they work as intended.
EDIT:
To summarize, here are the steps you need to take:
1) Create CNAME record redirecting user from your domain to Azure specified domain using tools provided by your DNS hosting service
This step will ensure that when going to www.history-podcasts.com user will transparently be taken to history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net
Type: CNAME
Name: www
Value: history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net
IMPORTANT: Please note that it takes time for DNS servers to update their records therefore you should wait around 30 minutes before continuing.
2) Redirect your naked domain to subdomain using DNS hosting service tools
This step will ensure that when going to history-podcasts.com user will be redirected to www.history-podcasts.com
For Google Domains you can follow this guide here.
3) Add your domain to Azure Website
This step will assure Azure that you own the domain and you want your site to be reachable using specified domain name.
Login into https://manage.windowsazure.com/
Navigate Websites -> [Your Website] -> Configure
Scroll down to Domain names
Click Manage Domains (note that custom domains can only be used when in the Shared, Basic, or Standard modes)
Add your domain www.history-podcasts.com
At this point you should be able to reach your web site using both history-podcasts.com and www.history-podcasts.com domain names.
If your website requires HTTPS, you will have to take extra steps:
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-configure-ssl-certificate/
I'm confusing on something!
If I map a domain with 1&1 with a shedhosting with bluehost. Do this means that I can manage my domain from bluehost ?
in other words can I manage my domain with 1a1 (emails, subdomains...) from my bluehost without transferring it.
Thanks,
Of course you can. By the default, your domain nameservers will use registrar nameservers, in your case 1&1 service. Simply login to your 1&1 account, then change your domain nameservers to bluehost nameservers. You can find your hosting nameservers in your hosting cPanel (I assume that bluehost use cPanel). Or, if you find a trouble finding the nameservers, simply contact bluehost customer service.
After change the nameservers, then check it first to make sure the changes was take effect, use http://who.is service. Then go to your bluehost cPanel, you can manage domain name directly from there, add/remove subdomain, change dns record (A Record, CNAME, etc..) and also your mail will functioned (I assume that bluehost give you an email hosting service in your hosting package).
NOTE: You don't need to transfer your domain to bluehost, you can have your domain registrar different from your hosting provider. The only thing you need to do just pointing nameservers to your hosting nameservers.
REMEMBER: All your domain record in 1&1 account will not functioned, you need to move it to your bluehost cPanel. All A Record, CNAME, etc in your 1&1 panel must be re-written in your bluehost cPanel.
I use this method right now, and everything is ok!
I have an azure website at yis3.azurewebsites.net - I have promoted this to be a "shared" site so that I can use a custom domain. I have the domain yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk that I bought from 123-reg.co.uk. I have configured this to give a CName record with dnsname of "awverify" and destination of awverify.yis3.azurewebsites.net.
I've waited over 12 hours and checked on digwebinterface.com and all looks good but when I click to "Manage custom domains" from the Azure portal , I enter a domain name of "yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk" but it won't accept it.
Please help
* Edit *
I've now waited a couple of days for domain propagation. Here's a screen grab from my domain registrar:
In the azure portal I've tried to add the following custom domains for the yis3.azurewebsites.net site but it won't accept any:
awverify.www.yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk
www.yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk
awverify.yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk
Here's a screen grab from the portal:
To use yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk
To use your domain without the www. prefix you need to add an A Record in addition to the CNAME you've added for "awverify".
First, make sure you've added the domain to the Azure portal by following the instructions under "Set the domain name in management portal" here.
Next, follow the instructions under "Configure an A record for the domain name" on the same page. This involves pointing your domain directly at the IP address of the Azure web site. You should then have added 2 DNS records in total:
CNAME awverify.www awverify.yis3.azurewebsites.net
A xx.xx.xx.xx (your website's IP address)
I've marked the next option as "preferred" because it points your domain at the Azure hostname "yis3.azurewebsites.net" instead of directly at the IP address. The IP address of your Azure website won't change, but if you ever need to deploy your website elsewhere it will have a different IP, so there will be a delay while the DNS change propagates.
To use www.yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk (preferred)
To use your domain with a www. prefix you need to add another CNAME record in addition to the one you've already added.
First, make sure you've added the domain to the Azure portal by following the instructions under "Set the domain name in management portal" here.
Next, follow the instructions under "Configure the CNAME on your domain registrar" on the same page. This involves adding a CNAME that points "www" to your Azure website's hostname (yis3.azurewebsites.net). You should then have added 2 DNS records in total:
CNAME awverify.www awverify.yis3.azurewebsites.net
CNAME www yis3.azurewebsites.net
A note about domain forwarding: Don't use 301 forwarding unless your site has been permanently moved. Use 302 for temporary redirection. More details here.
I finally figured out what was wrong. I was deploying a new version of an existing site but the old version still had www.yorkshireimagescanning.co.uk set on the custom domains page. Once I deleted it then I was able to add the domain on the new azure site.