Thread: Tutorials -

Im having a hard time searching the forum for and understanding how to point my browser. I cant find a thread or a tutorial that will help to get my new domain active.

Hi Kate, i think its an "add on" you want go to your cpanel and click on add on, heres the tutorial......click on adding an additional domain name to your account (add ons)...

http://www.vodahost.com/tut_cpanel.htm

Originally Posted by Lincslady

Hi Kate, i think its an "add on" you want go to your cpanel and click on add on, heres the tutorial......i hope lol

http://www.vodahost.com/tut_cpanel.htm

thanx linda - I just did that. hoping that it was the right thing to do, Im shaking and sick to my stomach!...I just want to go out and shoot some photos! THAT I understand!...lol...
back to the tutorials - I still cant bring up the site tho...but Im trying!

hmm. do I name the front page "index.html" that would conflict with the first one...Oh man this is the nastiest part of sites...I like to create, that all.

I think you do kate but keep it all in a new folder..... think what you do is just do an index page in bv like you did with your other sites but create a folder...when you publish .like this ..yournewdaomainname.com/folder..in a same name folder....but i'm not 100% ..but dont worry help is on its way lol

Originally Posted by kassi59

hmm. do I name the front page "index.html" that would conflict with the first one...Oh man this is the nastiest part of sites...I like to create, that all.

Kate you should have, within your BlueVoda folder, a seperate folder for your new site. In the new folder you are safe to name your new index page: index

If you name it index and save it to your normal file it will overwrite your others.

I will try and help you, sweet, but need to know exactly what you are trying to do.

Anything to do with your 'new' site should be saved in the 'new' folder as I mentioned above. Otherwise you will have a nightmare trying to sieve one site from another.

Take a deep breath, please, and tell me what you are trying to do and what you are struggling with. we will get it sorted, okay?

Thanks Amanda , i didnt know how to explain it as i was unsure myself ...so that will come in handy for me soon to lol ;o)

I love it! the troups are here!!!!!!
n'awe thanx!
Im trying to get my new site to publish.
Ive gone thru the control panel and all that gobblety goop...
so now I guess Ive got to create a new folder "Newdomain" and save all pages there, the front page(home) named index.html
am I following?

your getting there Kate ....just name your front page "index" ...Bv automatically puts the html when you publish to your new folder :o)

Originally Posted by kassi59

I love it! the troups are here!!!!!!
n'awe thanx!
Im trying to get my new site to publish.
Ive gone thru the control panel and all that gobblety goop...
so now I guess Ive got to create a new folder "Newdomain" and save all pages there, the front page(home) named index.html
am I following?

This is just in your pc. Where have you got the new pages you have made now?

When you have them safe and together in their own special folder then we check that you have done the CP stuff correctly.

Did you log into your CP and add-on your new domain? If that's a yes, then we can move to publishing.

Open you BV pages as you normally would. Hit the publish button, as normal. Now then leave all the fields the same EXCEPT the last one which will probably say public.html. Edit this box and add /newdomainname to the end of public.html

Obviously newdomainname is the actual name of your new domain - no .com or anything else. Then publish.

If you have any questions - I'll be here - just come right back and ask, okay?

Ive created a seperate folder within the bluevoda account folder as where my original files are. The pages I have been working on and still have more to do are in that seperate folder.
yes, Ive correctly added the new domain in CP. and double checked it..I followed the tutoral to do that.
I have renamed the first page index.html in the new folder..do I publish that?

Originally Posted by kassi59

Ive created a seperate folder within the bluevoda account folder as where my original files are. The pages I have been working on and still have more to do are in that seperate folder.
yes, Ive correctly added the new domain in CP. and double checked it..I followed the tutoral to do that.
I have renamed the first page index.html in the new folder..do I publish that?

Yep, you should be set to publish that now. Make sure you publish to the correct directory, as I mentioned in the last post.

by job I think Ive got it!...
published successfully!...hmmm now to find it!...lol

lol Kate ...wahey! ;o)

Its "by George" by the way lol

Originally Posted by Lincslady

lol Kate ...wahey! ;o)

deep cheeky grins of pride!....lol...but I cant find it tho...lol...
miles to go before I sleep

maybe its going to take the 72hrs before whois gets it discovered? as the page I do get is asking me email whois...

Oh that could be the case! ...your quik on building a new page arent you! ..should call you speedy lol

Originally Posted by kassi59

maybe its going to take the 72hrs before whois gets it discovered? as the page I do get is asking me email whois...

Kate, when did you buy or register the new domain name?

just early this morning...so I think its going to take a bit before all the inner "paperwork" is finished before I can actually access the site.
I get soooo antsy!...but I still have work to do..
Im too excitable!...lol

Are the nameservers correct?

Originally Posted by kassi59

just early this morning...so I think its going to take a bit before all the inner "paperwork" is finished before I can actually access the site.
I get soooo antsy!...but I still have work to do..
Im too excitable!...lol

Have you had the new domain email with your details on it? If, after you have that, then you are still having problems then we need to troubleshoot so give us a yell if you need us, okay?

Well done and good luck.

Originally Posted by VodaHost

Are the nameservers correct?

ns3.vodahost.com is what I put down.

Well I gues Ill have to wait for 72hrs before I can bring it up. Im under the assumption that I can access this by www.mysite.com and not have to go under kateart

Originally Posted by kassi59

Well I gues Ill have to wait for 72hrs before I can bring it up. Im under the assumption that I can access this by www.mysite.com and not have to go under kateart

Kate I didn't come back to this because I thought ***** had taken over it - sorry! Is ns3 the same as your original is pointed too? They should both point to the same. Did you buy/get the domain name from VH?

If you go to my site (below) and email me your url so that I can take a look, if you don't want it making public just yet. That's if you want, that is.

Nope ... lol...I think ***** was just setting in a suggestion!...
I sent you an email..

What is the domain?, I will take a lok at the name servers.

smiles! I did it! I took a look/see at my original domain on whois and then looked up the new one and found out where my problem was...and I corrected it all by my self!...Im so proud...
well honestly it was *****s little tiny thought...that made me think...lol...
and I hadnt pointed towards 3 and 4...I thought I had but now its all wonderful!
Thanks so much! I do so apreciate it!...
giggles, this stuff just makes ya frustrated and so proud at the same time - kinda like children!

Originally Posted by kassi59

smiles! I did it! I took a look/see at my original domain on whois and then looked up the new one and found out where my problem was...and I corrected it all by my self!...Im so proud...
well honestly it was *****s little tiny thought...that made me think...lol...
and I hadnt pointed towards 3 and 4...I thought I had but now its all wonderful!
Thanks so much! I do so apreciate it!...
giggles, this stuff just makes ya frustrated and so proud at the same time - kinda like children!

Way to go Kate!

Thanx Amanda for all the help! Ive just now at 940 regained electric, Ive been out for over 16hrs!...guess there IS one thing worse than dial up!...lol

Can anyone tell me how voda make the wonderful tutorals. I would love to use them in my class room.