To add a new domain name to your account, do the
following:
- Click the Domains icon on your control
panel.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click
the last Add icon.
- Choose the type of domain you want to register.
You can choose out of the following options:
Creating New *.com, *.net, or *.org
Domains
To create a new standard domain (.com, .net, or
.org), enter your desired domain name into the field in
the first form omitting the www part:
To its right, select domain category: .com, org,
or .net, then enter your contact and billing
information. Based on these data, the system will
generate a domain registration request and submits it to
OpenSRS, a major domain registration company. For more
information, refer to http://www.opensrs.org/faq.shtml.
Transferring Existing Domains or
Registering Nonstandard Domains
To transfer an existing domain or register a
nonstandard domain with your account, use the second
form:
If you are creating a regional domain (e.g. your_domain.uk)
or would like to use a different domain registration
company, no automation is provided. Thus, first you need
to make sure that you have a valid domain name. Enter it
into the lower box, omitting the www. part.
Following the registration you will get an e-mail
notification with the information to send to your domain
name registration company. They will make appropriate
changes on the root DNS servers, and within a couple of
days your domain will be accessible at the new IP
address. In the meantime, your site will be available by
the instant domain alias.
Domain registration is a standard procedure. First,
you purchase a domain name from a domain registration
company. Second, you register this domain name with your
web-hosting provider and get your new IP address. Third,
you send this IP address to your domain registration
company, where it is set as the IP address for your
domain name. It is only then that your site becomes
available to all Internet community. This is true both
of standard and nonstandard domains. In case of standard
domain names, however, the registration process is
automated.
Creating Domains Based on Your
Provider's Domain Names (Third Level Domains)
Third level domains are registered on your provider's
DNS server. You don't need to register a third level
domain with a domain registration company. If you choose
to create a third level domain, it will contain your
provider's domain name. E.g. if your provider's domain
name is besthosting.com, and the third level
domain you are registering is mythirdlevel, the
fully qualified domain name would be mythirdlevel.besthosting.com.
Third level domain registration is available only if
it is allowed under the selected plan. Functionally,
third level domains have same features as second level
domains.
To register a third level domain name, enter the
desired domain name in the Domain name field.
From the box on the right, select provider's domain name
where you would like to create the third level domain:
Hosting Sites Without Domain Names
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.
Stopgap domains support web site management and FTP
services. Also, you can have IP-only access if you get a
dedicated IP.
To create a stopgap domain, just click the Submit
button in the Stopgap domain registration form:
Parking External Domains
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 below:
Creating Accounts Without Domains
At signup, you can create an account without any
domain. If you choose this option, your account won't
have the following:
- Disk space and account on the web server
- FTP
- DNS zone
- Virtual and Anonymous FTP
- Mail service
- ODBC support
You can create a domain to this account later in the
future.
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