Thread: x-post: publishing issues

I think I have done everything and i've published my website pages, but i can't find it anywhere online... what's going on?? anyone?

www.etherealvibe.ca

Skye

what did you name your homepage as?

index

My temporary URL sent when i registered the domain works but only for my "homepage" (named index in the file folder of all my pages that i have built so far...) I can't find my website anywhere online... like it doesn't exist or something. Everytime i publish is says it was successful..!? what am i missing? do i need to change anything in the cPanel?

Hmmmm, how long ago did you get your domain? It may be that you have to wait at least 24 hours.

The Canadian domain extension ".ca" is not supported by VodaHost (nor any US host), so you must:

1. First go to the provider that registered your domain with and make DNS changes there to point to your new VodaHost account (not the temporary IP, but the assigned nameservers listed) ..... this update may take anywhere from 15 minutes to 12 hours, depending on the Provider.
2. Once this has been done, all traffic will be redirected to your VodaHost account, which will then be able to display your newly published pages.....

To access your temporary site (and see your work live), you must enter the URL as shown in the confirmation email, as it bypasses the domain specified protocol.

rats... that may be it i suppose... I got it today... like 6 hours ago. Are you sure that's it? It's not somethig else i have not done or done wrong?

Originally Posted by Vasili

The Canadian domain extension ".ca" is not supported by VodaHost, not any US host, so you must:

1. First go to the provider that registered your domain with and make DNS changes there to point to your new VodaHost account (not the temporary IP, but the assigned nameservers listed) ..... this update may take anywhere from 15 minutes to 12 hours, depending on the Provider.
2. Once this has been done, all traffic will be redirected to your VodaHost account, which will then be able to display your newly published pages.....

But I registered this domain with Vodahost as .ca toay... they didn't sat there were any issues with it..? the same URL with .com is taken, and I can't change my company name...

Vasili... to be honest, I'm not sure how to do what you suggest.. I am so new at this that I had to look up what DNS meant.... :S

If VodaHost is making the purchase of your ".ca" domain for you, it will take a wee bit longer to effect the transfer to your account than normal (since it is an international extension, possibly as long as a week to jump through all the hurdles on your behalf), but it WILL happen properly.

In this case, you will in fact need to remain patient until your domain arrives before you can simply enter the URL and land on your site. You will need to continue to publish to, and access view your site using the temporary URL VodaHost provided.

and on we go!

*Next time you have a "crisis" though, please do not race around the Forums creating multiple threads.....patience works best!

Lol... I'm sorry Vasili... I will learn to be more patient. Thank you for helping me figure this all out.

Just to clarify so i know what's going on, even though I have registered my domain and have recieved all the emails saying it's ready to go, it's not ready to go? When will i know? Should i get another email saying it's up and running or should I just check every so often?

Again, sorry for the confusion... it's a little frustrating to not be able to talk to someone in person and not have a clue what is going on... :)

You're up and running for visitors in North Carolina. lol Note that it does take a little time for sites to propagate on all the servers world wide, but you are online and will (very) soon be viewable from anywhere.

I see you too, Skye. Welcome online...

Originally Posted by AmaDee

I see you too, Skye. Welcome online...

Almost two years since I published my first site and I remember it well - such a rush to see it online.

oh yeah, that it is. BTW, I've made a little chage to my logo...hasn't reflected it on the forum, but can be seen on the site. (just wanted to let you know in hopes that it doesn't affect your masterpiece you're working on...uh huh, that's what I'm calling it lol!)

Originally Posted by AmaDee

oh yeah, that it is. BTW, I've made a little chage to my logo...hasn't reflected it on the forum, but can be seen on the site. (just wanted to let you know in hopes that it doesn't affect your masterpiece you're working on...uh huh, that's what I'm calling it lol!)

lol I'm not even up to the logo yet, so change as you will. I'll do the colors and so on, then revisit the site for the graphics.

I don't think I'm up to changing any thing right now. I have my hands full as is.

Anyway, how's Concord? Everything ok with y'all grape juice? lol!

Originally Posted by AmaDee

I don't think I'm up to changing any thing right now. I have my hands full as is.

Anyway, how's Concord? Everything ok with y'all grape juice? lol!

Concord is wonderful! The weather is great, there are cars going fast at the speedway (well, not right this second) and things are looking better and better every single day. I have no idea what you mean about the grape juice, unless you're referring to the 'shine, and I can say I haven't had any in a looooong time. Last time I tried that stuff, I woke up two towns over with no ***** and several phone numbers. LOL

How's Jawja?

lol! That's what you get. No, but that's not what I was talking about. There's this namebrand "Concord Grape Juice" so I thought you were familiar with it because after all, you are in Concord. You would think they would sell those over there....lol

Makes you wonder why Dishnetwork wasted all that money to name a city after it. Hmmmm...

Originally Posted by AmaDee

lol! That's what you get. No, but that's not what I was talking about. There's this namebrand "Concord Grape Juice" so I thought you were familiar with it because after all, you are in Concord. You would think they would sell those over there....lol

Makes you wonder why Dishnetwork wasted all that money to name a city after it. Hmmmm...

Pretty sure that's from a different Concord, but we'll take whatever publicity we can get. lol

I know that's right. So, did you design all of those skins on your forum?

I took one of Peggy's styles and modified it to be what you see there. All the headers, icons, etc are all mine. Those things take a while to put together, but they're fun to do.

I would love to learn how to do that...tried going to other forums, but everything seemed so overwhelming. Is it hard to do?

That depends on the type of forum you have. With a phpBB forum, it would take a loooong time to put together, but it's doable. I have a vBulletin forum and it's such a breeze.

Rather than the very basic editing options you get with phpBB, vBulletin offers the ability to edit each and every component of every aspect directly from the admin panel, including the .css files.

So, I just take Peggy's style and reuse it over and over, but I create the images in either Fireworks or Paint Shop Pro to make it individual for each driver.

It's not what I would call hard to do, but it does require a lot of patience.

I have patience in it's sometime that in the end turns out to be fun, and this is one of those things that I do think would be fun (yep, sad, but that's my idea of fun). Anyway, do I have vBulletin in my cP? If so, I have absolutely no attachment to what I have going on right now and wouldn't mind totally dropping it.

PS: so THAT's the reason the system wouldn't read peggy's .xml files...it was looking for css

No, vBulletin is one you have to purchase, it's not available for free. A one year license costs around $85 or so, and a lifetime license is roughly twice that. If you're serious about building a forum your visitors will love, then it's a great way to go.

If, however, you're still a little undecided about what direction you want your site and forum to take, phpBB is probably the best path.

Bottom line, vBulletin is MUCH better, but phpBB is free.

so i see, but I wouldn't purchase vBulletin right off the bat as I am not sure how things are going to turn out.

For now, I'll happily settle for your mods to the phpBB.

Good call. I used phpBB for about a year before I made the switch to vBulletin; by then, the forum was established and it was worth the money. I'll still help people with phpBB questions and so on, but I'll never again use a phpBB forum on one of my sites.

yeah, it seems like a hassle. I'm telling you, I had a bunch of color codes in front of me and kept changing this and that, but it seems what I thought I was changing wasn't the case and over 2 hours later, I got fed up, removed it and installed the other one (don't remember the name). That one wasn't that great either, so I removed it and reinstalled phpBB.

Thanks everyone... its running... evidently everything in life is not as instant as it would seem... :) any comments on the site?

I browsed yesterday and followed your bellydancing link to your forum. I am bookmarking as we speak. The site looks good, but could use some minor fixes to get it up there a notch. For now, there's too much space at the bottom of your pages. Instead of having your background as a big picture, go to the page properties and select it as your background because right now, the pages are ending where the picture ends.