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I Bought A Domain Name And Need Help - Step by step help for a layman

choetry
I don't know much about this but I just bought a domain name anyway from www.mydomain.com. And I have put the nameservers to NS1.TRAP17.COM and NS2.TRAP17.COM, and added my domain in the trap17 cPanel Parked domain list, and according to the tutorial by ill and the pinned topic by OpaQue in 'hosted members area'(although i do not understand much of the article), I have to wait for about 2 days.

Did i do things right?

And the next question, I use Microsoft Frontpage to upload my file to shizhou.trap17.com and do i still do the same thing once i get to use my own domain? or do i have to change anything?

thanks

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snlildude87
You did the right thing. Congrats. Now wait for 2 days for the domain to propogate to trap17's servers.

You will still have to upload everything the same way you did before. Hopefully, that won't be a problem. smile.gif

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guangdian
It's right thing you ve did just as snilidud said.

but there is something little matter with it.You have waited 2 days?
I think you need to contact your domain registration service of custom.

I 'm ever used Top level domain I think it's should be the problem of your registration .It's my own opinion.

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choetry
nah, I just registered and it's only been like 1 hour...

So, will my trap17 url be accessible after i get my domain?

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clagnol
My domain was accessible almost immediately after switching my nameservers. It wasn't even 10 minutes after I changed the nameservers that I was able to access my main page.

You could say that my domain name is an aphrodisiac, because it leads to rapid propagation. laugh.gif Hardy har har, okay I'll be quiet now.

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no9t9
if it is a new domain, the change is very fast. As soon as the domain is activated you should be able to change name servers. Once the name servers are changed, it should only take a few minutes for your domain name to work. This is because the domain name never existed before and there are no "old" nameserver data out there.

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choetry
I bought the domain from www.mydomain.com and do I have to activate stealth URL forwarding for it to work?

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snlildude87
Forwarding would just redirect you to your trap17 subdomain. For example, going to yourdomain.com would change the address bar to yourdomain.trap17.com, and if you go to yourdomain.com/contact, you'll get a 404 error.

I'd just change the nameservers like you just did, and park your domain in your cpanel. Then you'll be all set. smile.gif

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Dragonfly
YOu did the right thing. It won't take two days. It will take about 24 hours to propagate your domain to the world wide web. Since you already have an account here in trap17.com, all you have to do is ADD your new domain using your CPANEL > ADDON DOMAIN. While adding it will ask you which sub-domain name you wanted to use it from youraccount.trap17.com, I suggest you put yourdomain.com name as the sub-domain.

By doing this using the yourdomain name which has become sub-domain of your existing account will be created as one folder at public_html folder. You must upload all your files and folder to the new folder (yourdomain folder). Now if you visit your site www.yourdomain.com after 24 hours it will reach at your sub-folder at your trap17.com existing account.

This is the way, you need no redirection of sort to youraccount.trap17.com. I hope this help...!

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Danieluchis
ooohh damn you =PU my domain took like 4 days to propagate i even thought it would never function u_uU but now i have it ;_;! and im happy oh domain i love you *hugs it* and choetry did you put the "Add-on" option? or the "Park domain" because i think it's the Parked one, =) the parked options let's you use www.yourdomain.com/index.php instead of you.trap17.com/index.php

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whyme
no need to have this topic lag on, i think i'll close this.

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Johnny
Yes, you did everything perfectly. And it probably won't take the whole 2 days, mine was relocated from my previous host after an hour or two.

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GM-University
It should work if you have the name servers pointed to ns1.trap17.com and also to ns2.trap17.com and the domain parked... If it doesn't, post a request for your main domain changed for ten credits.
Or you can try PM'ing NilsC or Opaque...

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snlildude87
QUOTE(sunkist @ Apr 12 2005, 12:06 AM)
Hi:

My situation and question is similar...so I figured I would post here rather than start a new thread.  I own my own domain name.  I have it cloaaked and going to my current host (free space provided by my ISP).  Now I want to point it at the Trap17.

Where do I do that?  Do I do that from the Cpanel on Trap17?  Or do I do that on the site that is currently cloaking my domain (the company I registered with).

Thanks for all your help. smile.gif
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The site that is currently cloaking your domain is where you go to change the name servers to trap17's name servers (ns1.trap17.com and ns2.trap17.com) smile.gif

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outlawspirit
QUOTE(choetry @ Apr 12 2005, 04:42 AM)
wait, I need help... now i can access my new domain but the problem is i can only access it if i use http://myname.com and not http://www.myname.com. Does www.mydomain.com not let you use 'www'?
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probably something wrong on the side from where you bought the URL... just go onto there site and tell them about it they should change it instantly... and you may have to wait 3 or 4 hours... it happened to me before

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