I added an off-site domain to my host which gave me nameservers to change where the domain name is registered. I’ve done that and added my hosting IP address to the host details for the domain in the management area of my host.
In my blind staggering around (as a rule I keep away from all things dns related, crossing my fingers usually works) I have also added the domain name to my normal list of domains pointing out the folder it shld be linked to. This has also been given nameservers.
Do I (a) stick with the off-site nameservers? and in which case how does the name link to the folder it needs to. It seems to me that with just the IP address noted it will point at the root site. or
(b) change the nameservers to the ones which seem to point to the correct directory on my root and remove the off-site one?
What is your domain name? What is your web host?
Can you share this kind of information? I suppose if we know that we will be ale to help.
I have read your post 3 times and still can’t understand you.
I have a couple of sites hosted by GoDaddy, their files sit in directories beneath the root. Their domain names were bought from GoDaddy. To make them live all I had to do was add them to my list of domains where I pointed the domain name to the appropriate folder below the root.
I have created a site, wildwoodcyprus.com, whose folder sits beneath the root on GoDaddy like the others. This domain name was bought by someone else from a different hosting company.
I added wildwoodcyprus.com as an ‘off-site domain’ on GoDaddy who supplied me with a pair of nameservers. I went to the other hosting company and changed the nameservers for the domain to the ones supplied by GoDaddy.
On GoDaddy, in the DNS Manager for wildwoodcyprus as an offsite DNS I added the IP of the root (which all the other sites below the root have) in the ‘host points to’ part of the page. I didn’t add anything to the CNAMES part or anything else.
There is also a listing for wildwoodcyprus in the DNS manager as a ‘normal’ domain ie set up in exactly the same way as other domains I bought from GoDaddy with different nameservers to the offsite one. This must be because in the domain manager i added it to my list and chose which directory it has to point to, unlike with the offsite one which I suspect may eventually just point to the main site (root).
Basically the domain name has two sets of nameservers which may be waiting to work through the system still. I don’t know how things work with nameservers and domains pointing to the right files and just need the reassurance of a step by step guide through putting it all together.
As far as I’m aware I followed the advice given in my previous query.
On GoDaddy, in the DNS Manager for wildwoodcyprus as an offsite DNS I added the IP of the root
This looks like a mistake.
There is also a listing for wildwoodcyprus in the DNS manager as a ‘normal’ domain ie set up in exactly the same way as other domains I bought from GoDaddy with different nameservers to the offsite one. This must be because in the domain manager i added it to my list and chose which directory it has to point to, unlike with the offsite one which I suspect may eventually just point to the main site (root).
this appears okey.
Basically the domain name has two sets of nameservers which may be waiting to work through the system still. I don’t know how things work with nameservers and domains pointing to the right files and just need the reassurance of a step by step guide through putting it all together.
As far as I’m aware I followed the advice given in my previous query.
You purchased this domain from another place and hosting at GoDaddy. OKey?
First of all, we are not comfortable with GoDaddy - neither with the hosting nor domain registration. Anyway, it is your concern.
You are not suppose to do anything at GoDaddy.
You should go to another place (where you purchased the domain) and change only NS records (which are provided to you by GoDaddy).