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Hosting a
Domain Name
What does it mean to host a domain?
Parking and
Unparking a Domain Name
What does it mean to park a domain name?
How do I unpark my domain name?
Forwarding a Domain
Name
What does it mean to forward a domain name?
What does it mean to forward with masking?
Hosting a
Domain
What does it mean to host a domain?
Hosting (also known as Web site hosting
and Web hosting) is the business of housing,
serving, and maintaining files for one or
more Web sites. Hosting is provided by many
companies including IBM and Dell. Finding
secure hosting with good security and
services is obviously important.
Check with us at Dallas Texas Web if you are
looking for both site
design AND hosting; we provide
special hosting packages when we have designed your website
or are maintaining or updating it for you.
OR
You get a FREE "Parked Domain" Page
when you register your domain name at Dallas
Texas Web Domains.
OR
If you want to design
your own site or someone else is designing
your site you can order one of many great
web hosting deals here
BUT REMEMBER -
You do not have to have web hosting
or a website to register your domain name.
You can get the name now while it is still
available and use it later! You can either
use our free "Parked Domain" Page or nothing
at all if you wish.
You can get e-mail
service for your domain even without a
website!
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Parking and
Unparking a Domain Name
What does it mean to park a domain name?
Essentially, to park a domain name means
to reserve your registered domain until you
have created the site content, found a
hosting provider, or sold the domain to a
third party. When you park your site, a
temporary Web page will be displayed until
you have decided what to do with the domain.
Domain name parking is often used by
registrants who do not yet have a hosting
provider.
Parking options include a one-page Web site
that’ll inform the visitor to the site that,
for example, this page is “Under
Construction,” “Coming Soon,” or “For Sale.”
You can also elect to have a customized page
displayed. To set up your parked domain, use
the One-Page Web Site Setup Wizard in the
“Parked Pages” section of the account
management department.
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How do I unpark (i.e. activate) my domain
name
Once you have determined which hosting
provider you will use, you must change the
name server information so that the site is
no longer parked.
To do so:
- Select "Manage My Account" from the
program menu.
- Select “Domain Names.”
- Log in using your domain user name and
password.
- Select the domain from the list.
- Click "Modify Name Servers."
- Enter the name server information.
- Click "Save Changes."
This change can take up to 48 hours to
take effect.
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Forwarding a Domain Name
What does it mean to forward a domain name?
Forwarding a domain name enables you to
direct incoming traffic from your domain to
an already existing Web site. Thus, when
someone attempts to access your site, he or
she is automatically redirected. Typically,
this option is selected by users who are
registering a new domain, but are already
hosting their files elsewhere. When the
domain name is forwarded, the destination
address, not your domain name, is displayed
in the browser's address bar. This can be
avoided by choosing to
forward with masking.
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What does it mean to forward with masking?
If you decide to forward with masking,
visitors are effectively kept from knowing
they have been redirected.
Forwarding with masking secures that your
domain name remains in a visitor's browser's
address bar when the visitor is being
redirected. That way, the actual destination
address is concealed from the user who only
sees the domain name from which he or she is
being forwarded. If you are using regular
forwarding, the destination address, not
your domain name, is displayed when the
visitor is redirected. So if, for example,
the destination Web page has the address
http://members.geocities.com/users/username,
that address can be hidden and
www.yourdomain.com can be shown instead.
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