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hp420vc
Aug 10th 2006, 9:16 am
I just bought my domain 2 days ago. I got some hosting which gave me the nameservers. I removed the default nameservers and added the new nameservers. now if i go to my site using www.*mysite*.com it doesn't show up, but if i go directly using *mysite*.com it shows up. can anyone help me fix this? i registred my domain through domainsite if that helps.
timw
Aug 10th 2006, 9:30 am
You might have to wait for a while for the domains to propagate. How long has it been? Also, is your www. record configured properly (should be by default...). Your first point of contact should be with your hosting provider's support team :)
bentong
Aug 10th 2006, 9:41 am
It is automatic, the site would show either with or w/o www..

try adding an htaccess..
Grafstein
Aug 10th 2006, 9:41 am
You might have to wait for a while for the domains to propagate. How long has it been? Also, is your www. record configured properly (should be by default...). Your first point of contact should be with your hosting provider's support team :)

Contact your hosting company as tim said also have a look at the zone files.
timw
Aug 10th 2006, 11:23 am
Remember to keep us updated!
soniqhost.com
Aug 10th 2006, 1:41 pm
Its very likely that the zone files are not setup for www. on your domain name. Contact your hosting company.
websiteideas
Aug 12th 2006, 5:43 pm
Some hosting compaines like Dreamhost allow you to control this in your control panel.
hp420vc
Aug 19th 2006, 11:36 am
Guys, good news, after about a week or more of struggling with the thing, my site is up and running. I can finally access it by typing www. -i had to add the ip address or something i can't remember for it to point to the site.
http://www.mytimekiller.com ---yay! thanks for the support
hillord
Aug 19th 2006, 12:32 pm
you have to add A(HOST) Add a new Record Under DNS
to www to point to your IP ADDRESS and the default TTL is 3600
Another one is optional, you can @ and point to your IP ADDRESS

Definition of A record:

An A record — short for address record — is a record within a zone file that maps a domain name to an IP address. Thus, you can use an A record to indicate the IP address you want your domain or subdomain to point to. Also referred to as a host or host name. For example, if you want your domain "domainnamegoeshere.com" to point to your home computer (whose IP address is, for example, 172.0.0.1), the A record would list "domainnamegoeshere.com", or "@" as the host and "172.0.0.1" as the "Points To" IP address. Entering "@" will automatically insert your domain name as the host name for the A Record. If the A Record is for the domain "www.domainnamegoeshere.com", the host name should be entered as "www".

Do not enter "www.domainnamegoeshere.com" as the host name for an A Record.


I hope this help you in the future. :)