Setting Up Nameservers
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Cajen | Filed under blogging, site matters, tutorial series
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I have finally decided to buy my own domain name, cajentutorials.com. I had to mull over it for a couple of days, but if you want to have branding and web presence, you absolutely NEED to have your own domain name. The process of selecting your domain name is of utmost importance as you and your site will be known by that name. This post from NetBusinessBlog helped me at arriving at a more informed decision. It lists advantages of having a .com domain over any other domains out there.
This tutorial is brief and involves setting up your nameservers once you have your own domain. I purchased my domain at Geek Domains, they have the cheapest recurring domain pricing I’ve seen @ $6.95/yr + $0.20 ICANN fee. My total is $7.15 for one year.
UPDATE: As Robert suggested, you also have the option of signing up for a free domain.
Anyway, now that I have my domain, I need to setup my nameservers, that way the domain will point to my free webhosting!
If you are planning to purchase your own domain and host it at 000webhost, you are gonna need to do the following. First, login to your 000webhost control panel and create a new account. For the domain, enter your new domain name and assign a password for it.
Once you have create the new account, login to that account’s control panel and choose Account Details.
Copy the nameservers: ns01.000webhost.com, ns02.000webhost.com. I’m not quite sure if it’s pretty much standard for all 000webhost accounts, but might do well checking your particular account just to make sure you have the correct nameserver.
Now head over to your domain name provider, in my case its Geek Domains. Login to your account. Look for the link that will allow you to manage your domains. It might be Domain Settings or Manage Nameservers or simply Manage Domains, just look for the one that sounds like it.
After that, if you have multiple domains, it might ask you to choose which domain to manage. Now, there should be a setting that will allow you to change the nameservers. You might see more than two (2) boxes, mine has thirteen (13) boxes for nameservers. But almost always, you only need to put two(2) nameservers. Enter the nameservers from your webhost, and click OK or Update.
Now we play the waiting game. It might advise you to wait 24-48hours before the changes take effect in the worldwide web. Mine only took about two(2) hours before it went live. After that, you should have your own domain. You can now proceed to install your wordpress blog or upload your website. You can read Starting a Blog series if you need help.
Now before I close this tutorial, there is one more thing that I’d like to discuss in line with having a new domain. And that is having your own email address with your new domain! Mine’s cajen AT cajentutorials DOT com. This is pretty much straightforward, and is completely handled by 000webhost. Be reminded that it’s just simple email forwarding, and you will NOT be given any email space whatsoever. I use my gmail account to forward the emails being sent to cajen AT cajentutorials DOT com. Heres what you do; again login to your 000webhost control panel, and this time choose ‘Manage Mail Forwarders.’
On the next page, you can now create your new email forwarder. Just enter the email that you’d like to have with your domain name, and on the second box enter your EXISTING email account. Now everytime someone emails you at yourname@yourdomain.com, it will automatically be forwarded to your regular email.
Of course, you can continue using your current email address, nothing’s stopping you, but using your own email with your own domain increases branding and recall for your blog or site. I just included this here just so you know that you have that option available for you.
Our next tutorial will involve:
Bogging: search engine optimization and options on monetization.
Graphics: highlights, shadows, and midtones
and a life series as well.
Till then!
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Tags: blogging, branding, Domain Host, Domain Name, free domain, free webhosting, geek-domains, Nameserver, New Domain, Web Presence
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3 Responses to “Setting Up Nameservers”
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Robert (Who am I?) (1 comments.) Says:
June 13th, 2008 at 8:57 amGood tutorial, but you should have mentioned free domains
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Cajen (Who am I?) Says:
June 13th, 2008 at 9:09 amthank you for the comment Robert. When i wrote the post, i wasnt aware of free domains. but I will update this post to include the free domains. thanks for the comment!
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Nola (Who am I?)(new comment) Says:
September 19th, 2008 at 11:44 pmThank you. This post was helpful. However I have a question about parked domains. If I park a domain on 000webhost, will I be able to use the email forwarding feature on my parked domain?
Please email me the answer as I’m not on my own computer and I won’t be able to find your blog again.
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