Hi there, Recently I purchased a domain name with 1and1.co.uk, and have already got a web hosting account elsewhere, which allows multiple domains added to the package. I changed the dns settings to the ones given, and I logged in to the cPanel and went to add on a domain. However, I get an error when submitting my information. I'm wondering if I have missed out any obvious steps when trying to add my domain name to my hosting package Thanks for any help.
well, it should be pretty easy there click addon domains and there you should be able to add it. You need to change nameservers for the domain only after you add it. what error message you get?
So do I not need to change the nameservers for the domain until after I have added it using the cPanel? Thanks, will show the error message in a minute
It does'nt really matter whether you changed the domain name server first or created the addon domain second. Even if you changed the name server details, there is the time lag called propogation time. There is something different with 1and1 , I also recently registered a domain with them and the propogation time is much more than with other registrars. It takes a little bit more time with 1and1 and everything should be fine within 24 hours. Incase you want someone to volunteer for that i can do that for you
Thanks very much for all the help, managed to get my hosting to sort the problem (not sure what I was doing wrong though).