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In order for your site and services to go live on our system, you will need to make some changes to your Domain Name. Domain Name control Domain Names have three levels of ‘control’: The Domain Registrar is the Company you pay for each annual renewal: often where you bought it initially; The Nameserver records are stored with […]
Registrars may ‘lock’ domain names to prevent unauthorised changes from being made to the domain. This is often referred to as ‘Domain Locking’ or ‘Client Transfer Prohibited’. This status may be shown if you perform a WHOIS lookup on a domain name. Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited If your registrar does not give you access to […]
A nameserver manages a directory of domains that match specific IP addresses, like a phonebook: with names and numbers. It is where the DNS server records for your domain (e.g. ‘example.com’) are stored. Whenever you type a domain name into a web browser, nameservers provide the IP address, which is a string of numbers. If […]
You can setup a domain redirect in a couple of ways. We’ll outline these below: Using the control panel Redirects tool Login to your control panel and head to either your list of packages, or list of domains and select to Manage the domain you wish to add the redirect for. Select the Redirects icon, […]
To create a subdomain: Log in to https://my.cloudhost.one Head to Manage Hosting -> Manage. Select the Subdomains icon. You can then add your subdomain into the Subdomain field and select Create Subdomain. You’re also able to change the Document Root so that you can direct the subdomain to the folder of your choosing. What is […]
DNS propagation defines the process of updating information across the internet. There are two forms of DNS propagation: the first is the changes made to the DNS zone and the second is the changes made to WHOIS information. An change made to your DNS zone will only usually affect a few servers and is the […]
The transfer process for domain names varies, depending on the type of domain in question. UK domains (all domains that end .uk) Domains ending in .uk require 2 simple steps to be completed to transfer them in instantly: 1) Update the Tag to STACK. 2) Complete the transfer via the CloudHost.One control panel. To do these steps: Ask your current domain provider to […]