Thread: Domain and Sub-domain Issues

Hi! I'm wondering if you could help me, please. I've had a look around and can't quite find what I'm looking for. My Bluevoda/Vodahost username is zqdescyj and my IP address is 74.86.118.24. I'm so sorry to bother you but I'm getting so muddled up about what to do.

I'm using the domain www.endymiondreams.co.uk (I own several domains from an external company) and have recently created a number of subdomains in my control panel, one of which is entitled "paradox", all in lower case. I've been fighting with this for several days now and I'm at a total loss as to how to publish it under its own domain name.

The Paradox site already has its own domain, I hasten to add, but I'm trying link the subdomain to that with no success as yet. I don't quite know what I'm doing wrong. How do I lay the address out to make sure the domain can redirect and mask it?

Is it:
http://www.paradox.endymiondreams.co.uk.html
or maybe:
http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/paradox.index.html ?

Also, if possible, could you advise me on how to create and link to an add-on domain as opposed to a sub-domain, please? I did create an add-on domain but I couldn't understand how to work it so I deleted it for the time being. Can there be more than one add-on domain per account, if that makes things easier?

*lol* You may have to type slowly and clearly, in large type, I think I'm a bit slow on this whole web-publishing lark. Hehe.

Seriously, though, thankyou in advance of a reply,
Dodocchicky.

Lets start with the fact that you have 1 account
....www.endymiondreams.co.uk
which you publish to your public_html directory.
.
If you now want The Paradox site to stand on its own
you use the addon domain facility in your cpanel.

This will then create a subdirectory within your public_html directory.

To publish to Paradox: use public_html/paradox

When you create your addon or any subdomain you may have to wait up to 72 hours for it to perculate around the w.w.w.

Brilliant! I'll try that and wait to see what happens. :D *fingers crossed that it works*

Paradox is to be part of a webring of interrelated but separate sites, so a subdomain should be okay for that. The add-on domain was for a different, unrelated site so that will take more getting used to, methinks.

Thankyou for your help.
Dodo.

Your welcome....come back if you have any problems.

Hmm, now I'm not sure if this is normal and will straighten itself out in the 72 hours you mentioned before. I've tried linking the subdomain to the domain name I own for Paradox.

http://www.paradoxworld.org

In the address section of the domain redirect/masked i've put in the following address, which shows the page above... is this wrong?

http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox.endmyiondreams.co.uk

It seems wrong, but I'm a novice at this. I'm sorry to keep bugging you.

Oh, wait! Do i need to include the index page link somewhere? If so, could you please tell me where?

Thankyou again in advance of a reply.
Dodo.

How long ago did you open this account?
It would seem that you have a temporary address at the moment until your main domain is active.

To link a subdomain to another site(ie. paradox) just use a text link.

My account itself has been open for... a good few months. I've only been paying for the domain for about a month or so, I think, though - maybe not even that. Could that be why I'm struggling to publish?

My Endymion Dreams site works okay so I assumed the main domain was active.

Dodo.

Originally Posted by Dodocchicky

http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox.endmyiondreams.co.uk


Dodo. [/COLOR]

This is the part which made me thing that you had a temp address.......

Could you redefine your main problem as I am not sure exactly what you are asking.

Originally Posted by Dodocchicky

I'm using the domain www.endymiondreams.co.uk (I own several domains from an external company) and have recently created a number of subdomains in my control panel, one of which is entitled "paradox", all in lower case. I've been fighting with this for several days now and I'm at a total loss as to how to publish it under its own domain name.

to publish to the subdomain named paradox you use:
.
public_html/paradox

Well, I'm trying to link the Paradox subdomain to open in the www.paradoxworld.org domain I already own.

To publish it as a separate site from Endymion Dreams, so to speak.
I think thats the easiest way to describe it - a little simplistically, perhaps.

[IMG]file:///C:/Users/debzkim/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]This is the basic route needed to publish a singular site, right?

http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/PAGENAME.html

So what do I need to add to the beginning/middle/end to tell it to link to the subdomain (paradox), not the main site (endmyiondreams).

Does that actually make sense? *bites her lip and hopes so*
Dodo.

Eep, I dunno where that image link came from...

Oh, hey I missed your second reply! Sorry! Lemme try that and get back to you. :D
Dodo.

Well, I'm trying to link the Paradox subdomain to open in the www.paradoxworld.org domain I already own.


Where is the paradoxworld.org domain hosted? Its not live at the moment....

Paradox has been active for a long time with Telivo. I recently repurchased to domain so its been active and working fine while hosting the original version of the site for more than a year now. Given a little time, it does eventually let me link it back to the original version of the site so it seems to be working in that respect.

I've tried linking only to the address you said and still get the same message:

http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox/index.html

Will it take time to recognise the subdomain, perhaps? I omitted the " /index.html " at first and saw no change in the page it brings up.

Dodo.

Hmm, won't lemme include a link to the original version of the site on here, sorry.
Dodo.

To link to http://www.paradoxworld.org/
just use this

Do you wish to LINK TO or REDIRECT to the above

this is what I see when I go to the above site:

Great Success !
Apache is working on your cPanel® and WHM™ Server

If you can see this page, then the people who manage this server have installed cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) which use the Apache Web server software and the Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) successfully. They now have to add content to this directory and replace this placeholder page, or else point the server at their real content.

Originally Posted by davidundalicia

To link to http://www.paradoxworld.org/
just use this

Do you wish to LINK TO or REDIRECT to the above

this is what I see when I go to the above site:

Great Success !
Apache is working on your cPanel® and WHM™ Server

If you can see this page, then the people who manage this server have installed cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) which use the Apache Web server software and the Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) successfully. They now have to add content to this directory and replace this placeholder page, or else point the server at their real content.

Okay, I see that page too... I want my published pages to be accessible through the above web address so I guess that would be a redirect. I think.

Dodo.

That wont work Im afraid....a redirect from the subdomain will go straight to the other website which is not actually showing anything at the moment.

You could go into your cpanel at http://www.paradoxworld.org/ and redirect that site to your published subdomain here at VH..........................

or you could point the dns of http://www.paradoxworld.org/ to your VH server where your main account is??????

Originally Posted by davidundalicia

That wont work Im afraid....a redirect from the subdomain will go straight to the other website which is not actually showing anything at the moment.

You could go into your cpanel at http://www.paradoxworld.org/ and redirect that site to your published subdomain here at VH..........................

or you could point the dns of http://www.paradoxworld.org/ to your VH server where your main account is??????

I'll try that then. :D Anything is worth a try at this point.

Thankyou so much for working so hard to help me. I really do appreciate this.
Dodo.

Its been my pleasure Dodo, we try to help each other at VH..............

have fun

Hi! Its me again! And, um, sorry but I've still not had any joy on the Sub-Domain issue. :(

Now then... I'd already redirected the DNS to the IP address of my account.

I've tried redirecting to my Sub-Domain here too, but I'm not sure I've added the link to Paradox's index page correctly.

I've tried linking to the VH Paradox index page using all of the folllowing ways...

http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox.index
http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox/index
http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox.index.html
http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox/index.html

And none seems to work - unless...

Just a thought but could the problem be that I've changed the IP address in the DNS as well as trying to change the site address? Is it, perhaps, a case of change one or the other but not both? Or do I maybe need to drop the " _html " from the end of " public "? Does having a double html in an address hinder the process?

Any ideas?
Dodo.

Hi again Dodo,

None of the above links will ever work......

The simple link would be http://www.paradoxworld.org

the above link would go to the index page at paradoxworld.org

Originally Posted by davidundalicia

Hi again Dodo,

None of the above links will ever work......

The simple link would be http://www.paradoxworld.org

the above link would go to the index page at paradoxworld.org

Cheers David but... what to I put in to link my Telivo domain to my Bluevoda index page? Telivo wants a published page to link to but I don't know what to put as the page address for it to link to. I've currently published the index page for paradox on your site building program:

http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox

so would the index page publish as:

http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox.index

or as something different?

I'm sorry to keep messing you around like this. and thanks for everything you've done so far.
Dodo.

From your last post it now seems as if you want to reverse everything and link your Telivo paradoxworld.org to a published page at Vodahost...Yes?¿
To do that:

publish your first BV page (it must be named index (nothing else)-(see training videos)

Then goto your Telivo paradoxworld.org and create a link to your voda website....

something like:

nameofyourwebsite.com


What does this mean:
I've currently published the index page for paradox on your site building program ¿?¿?¿

Originally Posted by davidundalicia

From your last post it now seems as if you want to reverse everything and link your Telivo paradoxworld.org to a published page at Vodahost...Yes?¿
To do that:

publish your first BV page (it must be named index (nothing else)-(see training videos)

Then goto your Telivo paradoxworld.org and create a link to your voda website....

something like:

nameofyourwebsite.com

Oh dear - this was my enquiry all along. I want the Bluevoda pages to open when I type in the established domain of http://www.paradoxworld.org

As I said, I've already published, as you stated as "index" only, the bluevoda page using the address/link or whatever its called that ends in :

public_html/paradox

But is that right for a Sub-domain or an Add-On domain? I want it for a sub domain only. When I type in the address for the domain to open which is as follows:

http://74.86.118.24/~zqdescyj/public_html/paradox.index

Nothing happens. A strange page came up but NOT the link to the page I published. What is it I'm doing wrong? How do I tell www.paradoxworld.org that its the "paradox index page" published by Bluevoda that I want it to open?

What does this mean:
I've currently published the index page for paradox on your site building program ¿?¿?¿

This basically means the same as above, that I've already published the index page build on your site building program ie Bluevoda.

Am I making it a little clearer or am I still overcomplicating matters? *bites her lip hopefully*
Dodo.

I'd better add, actually, that Paradox is a subdomain within Bluevoda. My original index page belongs to, and works perfectly with, another Telivo (not Bluevoda) domain called http://www.endymiondreams.co.uk .

I dunno if that helps clear up any earlier confusion.
Dodo.

Dodo,
Lets go back to basics......
do you have an account with Vodahost and if so
what is your domain name?

I have an account but I don't know about a domain. I only have my log in information. As far as i'm aware, I've not got an actual domain with Vodahost.

username: zqdescyj
IP: 74.86.118.24

Um... I don't know what else you might need. I'll just check and see what else there is in my CPanel...

okay, my main domain is down on the control panel as:

endymiondreams.co.uk

dodo

OK Dodo.........please do not publish your username or server IP here.

If you have a page saved as
index
go ahead and publish it now using BV .....................

Eep, sorry. It was in my original post too.. oops. Can't change either now. :(

Okay, so what do I publish it under? Is it "public_html/paradox?" If i publish it without the "/paradox" its going to overwrite my Endymion homepage, right?

At the moment you dont have any pages published at vodahost website
endymiondreams.co.uk

so just publish your index page to public_html

Okay, published successfully.

What's the next step?
Dodo.

Ahh, and oops. That's now has just put the Paradox homepage on the Endymion Dreams site... ><

Dodo

Do I need to park an outside domain on Bluevoda before moving along, perhaps? I'm not 100% on the whole "parking" and "pointing" aspects so I don't know if its an option or not.

I know I'm paying monthly for something though... if its not a domain then I don't know what its for. *checks* I thought it was for a domain - and there's a domain beside the "main domain" heading in my CP.

dodo

We must be looking at different websites because
nothing is showing at:

endymiondreams.co.uk

go to my contact page at my website below my signature and email me.......

You are paying for an account which came with a one off free domain name
called endymiondreams.co.uk (according to your Cpanel)

Those other sites appear to be redirected from *******s.com

endymiondreams.co.uk
is listed in your cpanel but is currently hosted elsewhere....you need to go to your other host and point/change your dns to:

ns1.voda23.com
ns2.voda23.com

then all your addons and subdomains will be available to you from BV.

Well done debz,

your http://endymiondreams.co.uk is now viewable on the web
as is
http://paradox.endymiondreams.co.uk

Now have some fun........

helloooooooooooooooo