NEW TO WEBHOSTING?
- What is a Domain Name?
- What is a Web Hosting provider?
- What is a Name Server?
- What is an URL?
- What is email redirection/forwarding?
- What is uploading?
- How can I manage my domain?
- How long does it take to set up your account?
- Do you support installing software/add-ons?
- What is Domain Transfer Lock or Registrar-Lock?
- If the Domain Name I want is already registered, can I find out who owns it?
- What is WHOIS?
- What is a DNS
- Why would I need to change my DNS?
- What is a Domain Name transfer?
- What is Domain Parking?
- What is SEO?
What is a Domain Name?
A domain name is a unique address that identifies your website and will be its home page after its completion. A domain name also serves other purposes such as defining e-mail addresses as in first.last@aztus.com or to host files delivered by an FTP service. Example: aztus.com is a domain name.
If you want to access a website from your web browser, you would just type the domain name and be redirected to the appropriate website
Register or transfer your domain name with Aztus!
What is a Web Hosting provider?
A Web Hosting provider like Aztus provides you with allocated space on a server from where you can run your website and services such as e-mail accounts and FTP. This will be made possible by taking your domain name and associating it with your hosting account. For your website to appear on the internet, you will also need to match the name servers to your domain name.
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What Is a Name Server?
When you have acquired a domain name and webhosting on which to run your website a simple setup needs to be done to indicate which web hosting company is hosting your website, that’s when Name Servers come in. Every website is identified by an IP Address; Name Servers convert the domain name of the website you are trying to access into an IP Address so your web browser can display it.
Register both your domain name and hosting account with Aztus and you will not have to do anything
What is an URL?
An URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a string of character representing your website displayed in your web browser. Each page on the website will have a different URL representing it while still containing your domain name.
Ex: http://www.aztus.com/faq/newtowebhosting
What is email redirection/forwarding?
Email forwarding is the act of re-sending email messages delivered to a specific email address to another or several other email addresses. When there is an email received in your email account that is forwarded the mail servers redirect the message to an email address previously specified.
What is uploading?
Upload is the amount of data that is transferred between your web hosting account to your visitors and service users (ex: e-mail). With your hosting plan, you receive a set amount of data transfer per month. However Aztus now offers unlimited transfer on all our plans.
We don’t worry about transfer and neither should you.
Get an unlimited transfer plan with Aztus!
How can I manage my domain?
Aztus proudly provides its customers with industry standard Plesk control panel from Parallels.
You can easily manage your domain using Our Control Panel
How long does it take to set up your account?
Creating a new account with Aztus is very easy and oftentimes takes less than 5 minutes. Just add the services you need to your shopping cart. If you have any questions you can always contact our customer service.
Do you support installing software/add-ons?
Yes we do! We support the most common software/add-ons such as
- Word Press
- Joomla
- OSCommerce
- SugarCRM
If you are unsure if your software/add-on and version is supported, ask our customer service.
What is Domain Transfer Lock or Registrar-Lock?
A Domain Transfer Lock or Registrar-Lock is a lock put in place to prevent the unwarranted transfer of your domain to a different registrar. Generally you can remove Domain Transfer Lock by:
- logging into your account with your current domain registrar
- Selecting the domain you want to modify
- Making sure Domain Transfer Lock is OFF
- Saving changes
If the domain name I want is already registered, can I find out who owns it?
In the results page in our domain name finder click on the See who owns it to the right of the results
What is WHOIS?
A WHOIS lookup can give anyone access to contact information of the owner, administrator and technical contact for your domain:
- Name
- Address
- Phone number
- E-Mail address
- Registrar Info
The WHOIS privacy option protects you from individuals who would use that information to compromise your website or harass you with spam or sales inquiries
What is a DNS?
DNS (domain name server) converts an domain name (ex : www.aztus.com) into the numeric IP address (72.10.147.5) for the server park on which your website and your emails are hosted. You need information to fill-out the DNS records whenever you register a domain name. When you register a domain name with Aztus that points to a web hosting account associated with your Aztus account, we will fill this information for you. If the site is hosted in a elsewhere or associated with a different Aztus customer accounts, you will need to provide this information during the ordering process.
Why would I need to change my DNS?
With a new website or e-mail account from Aztus for a domain name registered with another provider we will ask you to change the associated DNS information. This will enable your domain name to point to your new web site and e-mail accounts.
What is a domain name transfer?
If you have an existing domain name and registered it with a registrar you can transfer it to another one.
Even if you have already registered your domain name with another registrar you can transfer it to Aztus, simply select Already own a domain name? below the search button on the domain page and verify its transferability. When you order a new registration term and we will take care of transferring the domain for you.
What is Domain Parking?
Domain Parking is the registration of a domain name without using it. It can be to serve as a placeholder or to reserve the domain name for future development. The domain holder may choose to redirect a domain to another registered domain.
What is SEO?
SEO or Search Engine Optimization, is the practice of affecting the visibility of a website in a search engine’s (generally Google) unpaid search results. The position of a website in search rankings can significantly affect web traffic.
SEO being an internet marketing strategy, it considers how search engines work, what individuals search for, search terms and keywords to help them achieve a better ranking in search engine results.
