Using My Own Domain

[brianabb]

I have seen similar post about this subject, but they do not adequately deal with my problem.

I have purchased a domain from another provider and wish to host it on x10hosting.com. I referred to this page: http://x10hosting.com/wiki/How_to_Use_Your_Own_Domain and changed the name servers for my domain to point to x10's. I did that an hour or so ago.

I went into my x10 cPanel and tried the 'Addon Domain' method shown on the page above. In the 'New Domain Name' field, my domain name was accepted, but in the next field (I dropped the .biz suffix of my URL) it would not accept the domain name. So I tried the 'Park Domain' route. It was accepted via this route.

Since adding the domain as above, the cPanel is still showing the main domain as the free x10 domain. I'm not sure if this is correct or not.

I know that when I have changed name servers, I should allow up to 48 hours for propagation.

I now need to upload my website files via FTP to the domain I have added. How do I do this? I want to make sure that the files are assigned to the domain I have added and not the x10 domain. I have had a look in the file manager, but it is not clear to me where I should upload the files to.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[jjordan69]

IF the domain you added is a "Parked" domain it points to the same folder as your "Main" account domain which is [ public_html ] - both domains will show the same site

A addon-domain has its own folder inside folder [ public_html ] where you would put the 'site' files for that domain - Note you could point it to folder [ public_html ]

Upload all your files for this domain in to the folder you specified when you set the addon-domain in cPanel - such as /public_html/myowndomain.com

 

[brianabb]

...Upload all your files for this domain in to the folder you specified when you set the addon-domain in cPanel - such as /public_html/myowndomain.com

Hi jjordan69,

Thanks for your instructions, but please note that I tried the Addon Domain route first, but it wouldn't accept the information I put in the second field, saying that it was invalid (I entered the URL minus the suffix, i.e. .biz). Therefore I was forced to use the Parked Domain route.

Given this, how do I proceed with uploading files, as I assume that due to the fact that it is a parked domain, it will not have a folder inside the public_html/ folder?

 

[jjordan69]

I assume the reason you could not set the domain as a 'addon' was the DNS was not yet 'setup' on the Internet - it takes from a few to 48+ hours

un-park the domain in cPanel and try to set it as a addon-domain

You can check the DNS [ NS ] record and see if your domain has propagated fully around the Internet at --> http://www.whatsmydns.net/
enter domain click on [serach] for the [ A ] record then choose [ NS ] and click on [ search ] - you are looking for green check-marks not red Xs

 

[Sharky]

Further to the above, please note that by default the free hosting domain (the one you already have set up) will still show as the default. If you want to keep using the existing sub as well as your own domain name, and keep the contents separate, use an addon domain. If you want them to show the same content or just don't care, use a parked domain as your domain will then show the files in /public_html .

I hope this clarifies the options.

 

[brianabb]

Thanks jjordan69.

Before you replied, I decided to try uploading my site files to public_html/ and test it. The propagation has obviously taken place as I reached the site. However, the images have not appeared. I'll double check to see that I uploaded all files correctly.

Thanks for the useful link you gave me to check propagation.