What is DNS and how does it affect my website. DNS stands for Domain Name Server. I have heard it referred to as a phone book of all the servers everywhere. I like to use a GPS as an example of DNS. A GPS location tells someone exactly where something is. DNS nameservers do the same thing, except they tell you exactly what server your website is sitting on.
The internet can interpret the nameservers and find the information on the server right where the DNS tells it it is.
When setting up a new website, you have to tell the world wide web where your website is going to be. You put the DNS nameservers into your hosting company's site and now the world wide web knows right where your site is located.
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gmozes
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Does changing the DNS to WA (NS1.MYWAHOSTING.COM) means that my domain name is hosted by WA? By doing this does it mean that my domain name was transferred to WA?
Thanks,
George
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George
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littlemama
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There are 2 DNS nameservers you'll need, not just that one, there's also NS2.MYWAHOSTING.COM.
It only means that your domain will be HOSTED at WA.
Your domain stays where you have registered it. You can also transfer your domain to WA, but that's a separate process which is changing your domain registrar.
Hope this helps,
Grace
It only means that your domain will be HOSTED at WA.
Your domain stays where you have registered it. You can also transfer your domain to WA, but that's a separate process which is changing your domain registrar.
Hope this helps,
Grace
NannaGoosey
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Thu, Jan 4, 2018
Thanks for making this training, Eden. It's terrific!
I have just two bits of confusion remaining - one directly related to this subject and one indirectly.
1. How many servers are involved when a site is transferred from one host to another? Two? Right? The one it was hosted on and the one it moved to?
2. Assuming both hosts were also domain name registrars, which do you pay when it's time to pay your domain name renewal fee? (I'm wondering if the registration moves along with the hosting).
Sharon
Thanks for making this training, Eden. It's terrific!
I have just two bits of confusion remaining - one directly related to this subject and one indirectly.
1. How many servers are involved when a site is transferred from one host to another? Two? Right? The one it was hosted on and the one it moved to?
2. Assuming both hosts were also domain name registrars, which do you pay when it's time to pay your domain name renewal fee? (I'm wondering if the registration moves along with the hosting).
Sharon
edensbox
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Sharon,
1. Yes, there are only two. As you said, one is the old server your moving your domain from and the other is the new server you are moving your domain to.
However, how propagation goes, it may take some time once you add your new name servers for the changes to get spread out across all the servers in the internet.
2. Your domain registrar is and always will be the one where you registered your domain. There are instances where you can change your registrar, but most the time people don't. Each server may be a registrar and sell hosting for your website, but the the domain registrar does not change unless you physically make the change.
There are rules also that say once you register a domain, it must stay with that registrar for at a min. of 6 months before it can be tranferred to a new registrar.
1. Yes, there are only two. As you said, one is the old server your moving your domain from and the other is the new server you are moving your domain to.
However, how propagation goes, it may take some time once you add your new name servers for the changes to get spread out across all the servers in the internet.
2. Your domain registrar is and always will be the one where you registered your domain. There are instances where you can change your registrar, but most the time people don't. Each server may be a registrar and sell hosting for your website, but the the domain registrar does not change unless you physically make the change.
There are rules also that say once you register a domain, it must stay with that registrar for at a min. of 6 months before it can be tranferred to a new registrar.
NannaGoosey
Premium
edensbox
Premium
Thank you Carl for taking the time to read it. It was a request from someone who didnt understand what Server Propagation was. I hope it made sense
