Why is it that when I type in http://www.mywebsite.com and http://mywebsite.com, I arrive at 2 different versions of my home page - one on the new server, which I just setup today, and one on the old server from which I moved the site (no www.) I don't understand why www. would make a difference... I've tried everything I can think of to remedy this issue, but it seems nothing works.
...looks like the same site too me. I was going to suggest that you had www triggered as a subdomain set to direct to a previously established file address, possibly. Of course, could of just been a malicious trick to get me to view your damn ads. Either way, looks like it works fine to me.
Head's up, dude, mywebsite.com is NOT the website in question. Most of us use a generic entry when we don't wish to advertise or spam on this board. Now, then, anyone else? BTW: I've already flushed dns and firefox cache.
Ah dude you need to let it propagate. That is very normal. It will take a max of 48 hours to fully propagate. Happens to me all the time when I switch servers/set up a new hosting account. Don't worry about it.
Check to see if the IP address in the DNS A record for mywebsite matches the IP address for your working link . If not, then you'll need to update your A record for that to point to the correct IP.
Well, this is very normal problem! All you need is to wait for max. 48 hours to your site display appropriate results. That's because you have switched on new server with new DNS records! Just wait a little bit more!
Yeah, mostl likely it's just DNS propagation (the one you typically hit is goiong to take longer to propagate to your ISP -- so stop checking it for a few hours). If you want some assurance, check it through megaproxy.com. If you get two differnt versions that way, then you have a problem with your DNS records; in DNS with and without www. are two different things, so you'll need to check both A records. However, ideally one shouldn't have their site coming up both ways. The without www. should be set at the server to redirect to the www. version, else you'll end up with two mirror versions of your site indexed. If you want to PM me with your URL, I'll run some DNS tests for you.
propogation baby! Gets me every time. Especially annoying when I cant see the new version of a site a friend down the road can!
In case you want your computer to go to the new server when a domain is accessed put an entry in /etc/hosts in case you are using a linux desktop or in the hosts file in case you are on a windows desktop.