To add a new domain name to your account:
- Select Add New Domain in the Domain
Settings menu:
- Choose the type of domain you want to register.
You can choose out of the following options:
Registering Standard (Second Level)
Domains
To create a new standard domain (.com, .net, .org, etc.),
enter your desired domain name into the field in the first
form omitting the www part:
To its right, select the top level domain: .com, org,
.net, etc., then enter your contact and billing
information. Based on these data, the system generates a
domain registration request and submits it to the domain
registration company.
Transferring Domains With Registrar
Changes
Choose this option to transfer your existing domain to the
registrar of your hosting provider and update DNS server IPs
in the registrar database.
Transferring Domains Without Registrar
Changes
Choose this option if:
(a) you prefer to contact the
registrar personally rather than apply changes
automatically;
(b) you don't have a domain yet, but you are
going to register it later;
(c) you would like to register
a non-standard or regional domain, which can't be registered
automatically (e.g. your_domain.de);
(d) you prefer
a different registrar than the one used by your hosting
provider.
In either case, you need to make sure that the domain name
is valid. Enter it into the box, omitting the www.
part.
Following the registration you will get an e-mail
notification with the information to send to your domain name
registration company. They will make appropriate changes on
the root DNS servers, and within a couple of days your domain
will be accessible at the new IP address. In the meantime,
your site will be available by the instant domain alias.
Domain registration is a standard procedure. First, you
purchase a domain name from a domain registration company.
Second, you register this domain name with your web-hosting
provider and get your new IP address. Third, you send this IP
address to your domain registration company, where it is set
as the IP address for your domain name. It is only then that
your site becomes available to all Internet community. This is
true both of standard and nonstandard domains. In case of
standard domain names, however, the registration process is
automated.
You can't transfer domains that are already in
use in the system. Nor can you transfer third level domains if
they use a second level domain owned by another user.
Creating Domains Based on Your Provider's
Domain Names (Third Level Domains)
Third level domains are registered on your provider's DNS
server. You don't need to register a third level domain with a
domain registration company. If you choose to create a third
level domain, it will contain your provider's domain name.
E.g. if your provider's domain name is besthosting.com,
and the third level domain you are registering is
mythirdlevel, the fully qualified domain name would be
mythirdlevel.besthosting.com.
Third level domain registration is available only if it is
allowed under the selected plan. Functionally, third level
domains have same features as second level domains.
To register a third level domain name, enter the desired
domain name in the Domain name field. From the box on
the right, select provider's domain name where you would like
to create the third level domain:
Hosting Sites Without Domain Names
You can also host sites without domain names (the so-called
stop-gap domains). When you create a stopgap domain, you get
no DNS zone, and you cannot use e-mail service. However, you
will be able to access and manage your site using the instant
domain alias you get at signup.
Stopgap domains support web site management and FTP
services. Also, you can have IP-only access if you get a
dedicated IP.
To create a stopgap domain, just click the Submit
button in the Stopgap domain registration form:
Parking External Domains
This feature allows you to use HD Control Panel DNS server
to map IPs to domain names serviced and hosted on other
servers (not those of HD Control Panel). In this case, a DNS
zone is created with a custom DNS A record for the domain name
and its IP is entered in the form below:
Creating Accounts Without Domains
At signup, you can create an account without any domain. If
you choose this option, your account will have FTP and disk
space. But you won't have:
- DNS zone
- Virtual and Anonymous FTP
- Mail service
- ODBC support
You can create a domain to this account later in the
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