hi all

I am having a site created and its just about finished. I originally bought a domain from ukreg.com a while ago but i didnt like the host package so i opted for imhosted.com, purely on the grounds that there was a forum script and some other little goodies that i thought i could use.

I am an absolute beginner at this hosting lark but i have to start somewhere so my first hurdle to over come is how the hell do i transfer a domain from ukreg.com to imhosted? and it may be a silly question but do i have to?

I have been going around in circles for 3 hours ukreg.com say start the transfer with your host and my host say start the transfer with the company my domain is with..

ukreg.com wont let me change the primary and secondary servers with imhosted.com's details

could someone tell me wher i am going wrong, i am a newbie but i can suus things out onc ei am pointed in the right direction


thanks in advance

You don't need to transfer your domain from ukreg. Your domain provider and hosting provider does not necessarily have to be the same company.

Well. Its best practice to register a domain with an ICANN approved domain registrar and host it with different hosting provider. So that you can easily change your hosting provider in future without any trouble.

Originally Posted by Kirtan

Well. Its best practice to register a domain with an ICANN approved domain registrar and host it with different hosting provider. So that you can easily change your hosting provider in future without any trouble.

I'd say that it depends on the hosting provider, but more importantly on the domain that you're registering.

For example, if you register a .uk domain (or other ccTLD's) then ICANN has nothing to do with it - therefore ICANN accredited registrar is not a factor.

With .uk domains in particular, you can always as Nominet (the .uk registry) to transfer your domain to some other registrar if you have problems getting this done in the first place.

Things to look out for with domain name registrations/transfers:

• Is the domain registered to you instead of the hosting company etc.
• Is there a fee to release/transfer the domain
• Is the renewal charge the same as registration charge (or otherwise reasonable)

As both previous posters have said, you don't need to have your domain with your hosting provider. You just need to change the nameservers to the ones provided by your hosting provider; I'm pretty sure that UKReg do allow you to do this, but I'm not sure specifically what you need to click on.

My experiences with UKReg is that they don't have much automation in their system, and it can be slow to get support from them when needed. That's just my own experience though - others may have found different?

hi

just you let you all know that there was an error in the initial email as the nameservers contain ip's after the .com.

I worked out that they should not be there and i have updated both ukreg and answerable nameservers (which has another domian of mine) with Imhosted details.

So next question..

when i now type both web addresses my browser cannot find any page whereas before it took me to both registras sites.. is this normal and what is actually happening.

My site pages/graphics are just about complete and i know i will have to upload by ftp which i have a bit of experience i am trying to get everything in order before i upload..

am i on the right track??

As i said i'm a newbie but i am determined to do get my new site onto this new host all by myself.. so there is more questions to come and a big thansk for all the help and patience

Originally Posted by gamerart.com

when i now type both web addresses my browser cannot find any page whereas before it took me to both registras sites.. is this normal and what is actually happening.

My best guess would be that your registrar no longer recognises your domain for serving their holding page - hence the "page not found" error.

When you change the nameservers there's a DNS propagation period - you need to allow up to 48/72hours before the domain will resolve to your new host.

However, it also sounds like you haven't uploaded anything to your hosting space yet, in which case that may also be the cause of the "page not found" error - depending on the particular hosts setup.

I could probably help in a bit more detail if you told us the specific domain name in question - is it gamerart.com?

hi

thats probably correct, as i have yet to upload anything..

so at the moment everything is happening is normal?

yes it is gamerart.com

Take a look here: http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsre...n=gamerart.com

If you haven't already added the domain to your host's control panel, now would be a good time to do so.

Otherwise, I would suggest that you contact your host to check why their DNS servers aren't serving any DNS for your domain.

hi

i just tried putting the nameservers again and got this message..

[r6] Error Message: Invalid Current Action Status for this operation

i will go and look at my hosts cpanel
thanks

hi back again..

ok we have progress.. i have added the domain as a parked domain on my cpanel.. i also have gamer-art.com

and now have this msg

Parked Domain Additions

Using nameservers with the following IPs: 72.9.239.130,70.85.84.52 Bind reconfiguring on discovery using rndc Bind reconfiguring on central using rndc Bind reconfiguring on central2 using rndc
Created DNS entry for gamerart.com
gamerart.com was successfully parked on top of gamer-art.com

when i now visit the web addresses i get a new page opened which has a folder called cgi-bin

have things moved in the right direction?

thanks