12Wonder
June 16th, 2003, 04:30 PM
Domain registration:
A domain name is just a label for the location of a web site (its ip address). Since only one person can have use of a particular domain name, having one gives you a unique identity - just like a social security number, or a house number / ZIP code combination.
You register a domain (something.com or something.org etc.) in order to claim ownership of it for a specified length of time, anywhere from 1 to 10 years. The "Registrant" of a domain is the actual legal owner of the domain name until the registration period expires. For more info, see http://www.12wonderhosting.com/domains.shtml. There you can also check to see if a domain name is available.
DNS:
DNS stands for "Domain Name Server", sometimes just called nameserver. Very simply put, the DNS is a pointer from your domain at the domain name database to wherever your actual website is (the server). If you punch in "www.mydomain.com", your browser will look for its location online. It finds the DNS information from the domain database, which tells the browser (via DNS) what server to access. Once the server is found it shows the pages for that domain's account on the server - voila, yourdomain.com is visible in your browser.
So in order for your web site to be visible online, your domain name has to "point" from your domain registrar to our servers -- that means your domain registration account has to have the correct DNS information in it for our servers.
If you already own a domain, you must log in at your domain registrar with whatever username/password they gave you when you bought the domain. Find their DNS (or Nameserver) modification area, and set the nameservers to the new ones given in your 1-2-Wonder Hosting account info email. It usually takes a couple of days for the new information to get through the domain database & finally start pointing to a new server. This is called DNS resolving or propagating.
At most domain registrars, the Registrant, Administrative Contact, and Technical Contact are the only people who have authority to modify anything about any domain including the DNS.
If you don't have any way to login to your domain registration account to change the nameservers, you need to either contact your domain registrar and request they change the DNS information for you, or purchase a new domain of your own. If you purchase a new domain of your own, make *sure* you pick a reputable domain registrar who actully makes you the owner (Registrant) of the domain you buy, and that you will have access to modify the DNS for your domain. After you get your new domain registered (purchased), set the DNS to our nameserver info as specified in the new account email we sent you.
Easy way to purchase domain and set DNS:
If you purchase a new domain through the link above or at any of the domain registration links at our main web site (http://www.12wonderhosting.com/), you register the domain in your own name (or whoever you say is Registrant) so YOU actually own it, and your DNS however will automatically be set to our servers so you won't have to worry about doing DNS modification yourself. (You will however still have to wait the couple of days for it to resolve, as all new domains do).
Anne
A domain name is just a label for the location of a web site (its ip address). Since only one person can have use of a particular domain name, having one gives you a unique identity - just like a social security number, or a house number / ZIP code combination.
You register a domain (something.com or something.org etc.) in order to claim ownership of it for a specified length of time, anywhere from 1 to 10 years. The "Registrant" of a domain is the actual legal owner of the domain name until the registration period expires. For more info, see http://www.12wonderhosting.com/domains.shtml. There you can also check to see if a domain name is available.
DNS:
DNS stands for "Domain Name Server", sometimes just called nameserver. Very simply put, the DNS is a pointer from your domain at the domain name database to wherever your actual website is (the server). If you punch in "www.mydomain.com", your browser will look for its location online. It finds the DNS information from the domain database, which tells the browser (via DNS) what server to access. Once the server is found it shows the pages for that domain's account on the server - voila, yourdomain.com is visible in your browser.
So in order for your web site to be visible online, your domain name has to "point" from your domain registrar to our servers -- that means your domain registration account has to have the correct DNS information in it for our servers.
If you already own a domain, you must log in at your domain registrar with whatever username/password they gave you when you bought the domain. Find their DNS (or Nameserver) modification area, and set the nameservers to the new ones given in your 1-2-Wonder Hosting account info email. It usually takes a couple of days for the new information to get through the domain database & finally start pointing to a new server. This is called DNS resolving or propagating.
At most domain registrars, the Registrant, Administrative Contact, and Technical Contact are the only people who have authority to modify anything about any domain including the DNS.
If you don't have any way to login to your domain registration account to change the nameservers, you need to either contact your domain registrar and request they change the DNS information for you, or purchase a new domain of your own. If you purchase a new domain of your own, make *sure* you pick a reputable domain registrar who actully makes you the owner (Registrant) of the domain you buy, and that you will have access to modify the DNS for your domain. After you get your new domain registered (purchased), set the DNS to our nameserver info as specified in the new account email we sent you.
Easy way to purchase domain and set DNS:
If you purchase a new domain through the link above or at any of the domain registration links at our main web site (http://www.12wonderhosting.com/), you register the domain in your own name (or whoever you say is Registrant) so YOU actually own it, and your DNS however will automatically be set to our servers so you won't have to worry about doing DNS modification yourself. (You will however still have to wait the couple of days for it to resolve, as all new domains do).
Anne