Overview of the domain world?

[DabrowskiGroup]

I designed a web page for a customer who already had three domains registered. He has two of them (I believe) with Register.com, and one with TuCows.com, or something to that effect. (The TuCows is Canadian.)

In order to get the domains to point to his web space with his ISP, I have to configre the nameservers to match those of his ISP, correct? And then where does the request for his domain go once it is sent to the ISP? Is there also a need for some kind of forwarding with the ISP?

[SiteTutor]

it's rather simple..

simply access the domain name mgmt. tool through the registrar (whomever) and make a DNS change..

it'll take 24hrs for the domain to resolve too the new server.. but it will happen.. and it's real easy..

you just need access too the domain mgmt. through the registrar..
the owner of the name will have this log in/pass data.

goodluck!:rocker:

[ven7]

DNS means Domain Name Server. For example, mine is:
ns1.quazardesigns.net 209.123.253.56
ns2.quazardesigns.net 209.123.253.57

Just find out what your hosting provider's dns entries are and modify domain info at the registrar's website. Simple as that !
P.S. this info usually shows up when a Who Is request is made at Register.com with domains that are hosted by the server. Hope this helps u. :)

[DabrowskiGroup]

Thanks for the replies.

But I still have a question. So what happens, is the request for the web page goes to the registrar, who then sends it to the web server via the DNS entry? So then the web server is querried for the content? Where is the information that identifies the specific directory on the webserver stored? There isn't anything to set up with the hosting company?

I trust that all I have to do is change the DNS entry with the registrar, but I still don't understand the rest. I'll admit that I don't have the most technically-proficient brain, so if it's a complicated anser, don't sweat it. I'll just take your word for it.

[ven7]

i need to know how u got ur web hosting account? thru a web host company or thru a reseller like me? For us, our server administrator/representative is d one who has d power to change the dns entry of the domain on the server itself.

[DabrowskiGroup]

It's just the hosting space with the ISP. Specifically, I think, it's telenet.net.

[kevin]

If the website on the ISP is using a registered domain name you can point the other websites to it, but if its using a subdomain type setup (free webspace provided by the ISP) you might not be able to. Someone else might know if that is possible, but I am doubting it is. Best bet is to make the website on the ISP into a real website with its own registered domain name so you have more control over it.


You can use META tags to transfer visitors from the registered domains to the ISP hosted website. Not quite the same things as pointing a domain via the DNS server but gets the same reuslts in the end.