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Yes, u can
This feature allows you to use H-Sphere DNS server to map IPs to domain names serviced and hosted on other servers (not those of H-Sphere). In this case, a DNS zone is created with a custom DNS A record for the domain name and its IP is entered in the form.
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.
What is subdomain and How to create a subdomain in H-Sphere control panel ?
A subdomain is a lower level domain. It is added on the left of the domain name, e.g. forums.cpwebhosting.net. 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.
Can i Create a web hosting account without Domains ?
Yes, u can Create a web hosting account without Domains
Creating Accounts Without Domains
At signup, you can create an account without any domain. If you choose this option, your account will have FTP and disk space. But you won’t have:
You can create a domain to this account later in the future.
You can also host sites without domain names (the so-called stop-gap domains). When you create a stopgap domain, you get no DNS zone, and you cannot use e-mail service. However, you will be able to access and manage your site using the instant domain alias you get at signup.
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.
To enable or disable access to your website by instant domain alias:
I m newbie in web hosting field. can anyone tell me what is 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 cpwebhosting.net, you can register another domain name, e.g. cpwebhosting.com and have it point to the location of cpwebhosting.net. This means, every Internet user who goes to cpwebhosting.com will land in cpwebhosting.net.
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. cpwebhosting.net
* 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.
Can anyone tell me what is Server Aliasing ?
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.
Although you will be sent an e-mail notification before your domain expires, you can choose whether to renew 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 Domains icon.
3. Select the domain name 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 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:
To renew domain registration manually:
1. Click the Renew domain link:
* Renew/registration date: the date you registered your domain or last time renewed the domain registration.
* Registration/last renew period in years: the period you registered or last time renewed 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 renew the domain registration.
* Renew domain for this many year(s): set the period you’d like to renew the domain registration for.
2. Click the Submit button, to confirm your renewal request.
Hi,
I m newbie in web hosting. can anyone tell me what is DNS ?
DNS can be considered something similar to a phone book. When you move from one location to another, your name stays the same, but your phone number may change. In order to point your name to the new phone number, you must contact the telephone service provider so they assign you the new phone number and update all directory information to reflect you as pointing to this new phone number.
In this way, the IP number can be compared to a phone number: When someone calls http://www.cpwebhosting.net, your ISP looks at the DNS server, and asks “how do I contact example.com?” The DNS server responds: “It can be found at 198.105.232.4”. As the Internet understands it, this can be considered the phone number for the server, which houses the http://www.cpwebhosting.net web site.
The DNS records for your domain are kept on your hosting server in the place called DNS zone. When you register a domain by means of the control panel, all DNS records are automatically created for you, but in some rare cases you may need to add custom records to your DNS zone. An example would be when you want all email to be processed by an external mail server rather than by the built-in mail system. However, such user intervention requires knowledge of DNS configuration and clear understanding of what is to be done.
How Do I Create Custom DNS records?
To create a custom record to your DNS zone, do the following:
1. Select Domain info in the Domain Settings menu.
2. On the page that appears, click the Edit icon in the DNS Configuration field
3. This link will take you to the DNS Configuration page
On this page you can see several blocks of DNS records. Some are built-in and non-removable; others are user-defined and can be deleted. Built-in MX records require special consideration: they can be removed by disabling mailservices for this domain., but all e-mail resources, including mailboxes, forwarders, and autoresponders will also be deleted. The removal of H-Sphere 2.x email services was made possible to enable the use of e-mail services provided by other mail servers.
You can add any type of DNS records by clicking an appropriate link. You will be asked to enter corresponding DNS data.
U can also add Custom A Records
Normally, A records are used to map domain names and web server IP’s.
If you have selected A record, the page appears, which has:
* Name: enter the string to map to the web server.
* TTL: set how many seconds will elapse before the record is refreshed in the DNS cache.
* Data: enter the IP of the web server.
I want to use my external mail servers to process my e-mail. How can i do it?
Custom MX records should be added when you want to use your external mail servers to process your e-mail. To use your external servers instead of those you get by default, you need to disable mail service on the Domain Settings page of your control panel. To use the default mail servers in addition to those you get by default, you need to keep mail service enabled in the control panel. The priority of the custom MX record will define whether your external servers will act as secondary or primary. For instance, if you set the priority of the custom MX record higher than 10 (e.g. 11), your external mail server will be used as secondary. If you set the priority of the custom MX record lower than 10 (e.g. 9), your external mail server will be used as primary. In the latter case, your mail will be sent to your external mail server until it goes down or becomes otherwise inaccessible. Then the default mail server will take over.
When you enable mail service in the control panel, an MX record is created automatically in the DNS zone. If mail service is disabled, this built-in MX record remains in the DNS zone, and you can remove it manually using the control panel interface.
Hi,
There is any facility in H-Sphere control panel through which we can promote our website
U can submit your website in various search engine with the use of H-Sphere control panel.
To start the Search Engine Submit utility, select the Submit URL link in the Domain Settings menu. On the page that appears, check the engines to register the site with and fill in the following fields:
* Domain to submit: select the site you would like to be indexed.
* Contact Email: most search engines require a contact e-mail address.
* Key Words: some search engines provide the possibility for entering additional keywords your site can be searched by.
* Description: this text will show to Internet users as a description of your site in the list of search results.
* Time-out: this is the time you allow for registering one site with all search engines. If this period is too short, the site will get registered with only a few search engines.
Next, click Submit. Be patient while the server processes your request.
Warning: Avoid submitting a large number of web sites at a time, or the browser will time out before the program has finished.
You may have to wait a week or more before some search engines start showing the sites in search results.
You can promote your site with Site Toolbox utility by referring to the link in your user control panel. To have your website promoted, do the following:
1. On your user control panel home page, select the Domain Info link in the Domain Settings menu.
2. In the list of domains that shows, click Edit next to the necessary domain.
3. On the Edit Domain page that shows, click Web Service.
4. On the page that appears, click the lens icon against Site Toolbox.
It will take you directly to the Site Toolbox website and all further actions will be taken outside H-Sphere interface.
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