Getting Started: Going Live

In this article, we will talk about how to get your website live on the internet.

Note: If you ordered your domain and hosting from us, then you have nothing to worry about. Your website should become live very shortly after you complete your order. Please keep in mind that if you don’t have any content on your site, you will see the default web page until you upload/create content.

Domain

The key to going live is all about the domain and where it is pointing. If you had to host with another hosting service provider and you are moving your site to our services, it is very likely that your domain is still pointing at the old provider.

If you are using our free migration service, our support staff will let you know when it is time to change where the domain points.

If you are not using our free migration service, but your domain is pointing somewhere else, it is recommended that if you have a high traffic website, you wait until your content has been uploaded before you point the domain to our services.

When you are ready to point your domain to our services, you have two primary options.

Domain Name Servers

You can point the Domain Name Servers (or DNS for short) to our DNS servers. This will allow SnapBlox’s servers to manage all of your DNS records and it will automatically link up to your domain with your hosting account.

SnapBlos’s DNS Servers

  • ns06.cloudreadynetworks.com
  • ns07.cloudreadynetworks.com

For information on how to update the DNS settings at your current registrar, please contact your registrar’s support team.

A-Records

You also have the option of keeping your domain’s DNS records at its current DNS provider. This function is normally used by people who have multiple servers/services and have subdomains pointing to each of these services. If you are only hosting your site(s) from a single service, it is recommended that you use the DNS method above.

The principle behind this method is that you would point an A-Record to the IP address of the shared server. For information on how to do this, please contact your DNS provider.

For information on how to find the IP address of your site or server.

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