I'm currently with HostGator after reading their services and seeing the reviews and recomendations. The problem is all i seem to run into is problems . It's been over a week and my domain name still does not resolve, and no matter what i try and do in .htaccess i cannot get the thing to work, i dont know if it's phpsuexec or what because everyone tells me my .htaccess file is fine (even hostgator told me it was fine) any help would be appreciated.
Your .htaccess file has nothing to do with resolving your domain. I think we need more info to troubleshoot your problem here. Where did you purchase the domain ? What happens when you try to go to that domain ? What is the domain ? What country are you located in (UK) ? Can you log into your HostGator account ?
What does dnsstuff.com say about your domain ? Ask HG staff to recreate your account. (make a backup beforehand). HG staff should be helpful in resolving this issue.