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Multiple Websites. This is one of the most important features for
our shared hosting accounts.
Just imagine the luxury of being able to have several websites
under one control panel without having to pay any
extra monthly fees. It isn't unusual for a single person or business
to own more then one or two websites... and the monthly fees for
of all of these individual website hosting accounts can really add
up! That's why we have created this incredible feature to do the
obvious: help reduce overhead costs and allow you to have all your
individual websites under one plan.
Of course, you should never be too careful, which is why this
page exists -- to help show you how everything works.
First of all, this
feature does not cost you a dime as it is included
with all ET01 or higher shared hosting plans.
(With our reseller/wholesale plans,
you can easily enable/disable this add-on feature for each cpanel
account you create.) Second,
with each extra website, you are still
able to have the following functions:
With the cpanel control panel, the
feature of adding an additional website to your account is called
the "add-on domain" feature. We will
refer to the additional website as an "add-on domain".
To help explain the details and logistics
of how this works, we're going to use an illustration. Let's say
your main domain is timber.com (with a username
of "timber") and your "add-on" domain is lumber.com.
Simple enough. The files for
your lumber.com add-on domain will actually rest within a new folder
under your main timber.com folder. For instance, these domains would
point to the following folders:
timber.com -->
/home/timber/public_html/
lumber.com
--> /home/timber/public_html/lumber/
You can see that the "lumber" folder is
the folder used for the lumber.com website files. The lumber.com
can be accessed in any of the following ways:
- lumber.com
- lumber.timber.com
- timber.com/lumber
When you visit lumber.com in your browser, you will
never see the timber.com "parent" site. The lumber.com
domain will act as its OWN website! That's right, your website visitors
will never know you are using the add-on domain feature.To your
visitors, it looks just like a completely different website.
Some advanced users may question how this works. Simple. Each add-on
domain acts as it's own website and all DNS entries
point to the add-on folder as if it were another separate hosting
account at ET Web Hosting.
Now... let's answer some questions:
2)
Do I have to pay anything for these add-on domains?
Not one penny. This service comes standard with all our ET01
plans or higher.
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3) How do I add an add-on domain
to my main account?
You'll be surprised at how simple this process really is! First,
you will need to register your desired domain name with a registrar.
Once you have rights to the domain name, you will then need to
add that domain to your main ET Web Hosting account. (In the example
below we will add the domain timber.com to our main account,
which is etwebhosting.com.)
To begin, you will need to login to the CPanel area of your main
ET Web Hosting account. Once inside your account, find the Site
Management Tools section (or the Domain section - depending
on your CPanel theme) and then select the Addon Domains
link.
So far so good. You will be taken to a page similar
to a page similar to the following:
You should now fill in the required fields. As
shown above, we have already entered our new add-on domain,
timber.com, into the NEW DOMAIN NAME field. To make things simple,
the username/subdomain we have associated with this name is
identical to the add-on domain. (We recommend you do the same
thing since it will make things easier for you to remember.)
We have specified a password of "lumber" for the add-on
domain.
Once you click on the Add button,
you may have to wait a few moments as the server does its magic
to create the new add-on domain and configure all the necessary
files. Once completed, you should see something similar to the
following:
It is important to NOT use the nameservers mentioned,
but instead use the nameservers specified within your Welcome
Email. (The email that you received when first signed up for
your main account with ET Web Hosting.)
You have now set up the add-on domain on your
server for your account. However, you must still "point"
the domain name to the ET Web Hosting servers. Simply go to
your domain name registrar and modify the nameservers for the
add-on domain to use the same nameservers as your main domain.
(As specified in your Welcome Email.) If you need a hand with
anything just submit a new helpdesk
ticket.
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4) What are the nameservers
for my new domain(s)?
It is very important that you use the same nameservers
that are used for your main domain name. They should be specified
in your Welcome Email.
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5) Can I have Email, FTP, subdomains
with my new domain(s)?
You sure can! And it can all be done from within your CPanel!
To help illustrate, if you were to go in any of the mentioned
areas, such as adding a new email account, you will now see
something similar to the following (continuing with our example
of using the add-on domain of timber.com):
After you've added at least one add-on domain, you should see
a drop-down list similar to the one above. Just be sure to create
your new email account, ftp account, or subdomain by picking
the correct domain. It's as simple as that.
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6) How do I
access my new add-on site(s) with my FTP account?
You may do this through one of two ways:
1) Through your main FTP account. You may
access the files for your add-on domains through your main
domain's FTP account. (Your main CPanel username and password.)
You will find the files for your add-on domain under the public_html
folder in with whatever Username/Subdomain you specified when
you created the add-on domain. So using our example above,
the files for the timber.com add-on domain would be located
here:
/home/accountname/public_html/timber/
2) Through your automatic add-on FTP account.
With every add-on domain you create, a special add-on FTP
account is also automatically created. (You can see this ftp
account by going to the "FTP Manager" area of your
CPanel.)
Use the following credentials when configuring your FTP client
to access only the add-on folder:
Hostname: ftp.maindomain.com
(Where maindomain.com
is your main CPanel domain name.)
Username: addon_username@maindomain.com
(Where addon_username
is the
username/subdomain you specified when creating the add-on
domain and maindomain.com
is your main CPanel domain name.)
Password: Use whatever password you specified
when creating the add-on domain.
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7) How many
domains can I add? Is there a maximum?
Each hosting plan that allows multiple websites has a maximum
number of websites that you may create. Please see the shared
web hosting comparison chart for details.
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Reseller Accounts and add-on domains.
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8) Can I give
away (or resell) these add-on domains to my family or friends?
Yes, this is no problem. Once an additional website is created,
you are free to do with it whatever you desire as long as the
website complies with all of our policies.
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Reseller Accounts and add-on domains.
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9) How do I view the website
statistics stats for my new add-on domain(s)?
Simple. Log into your CPanel and find the Analysis
and Log Files section. Click the link called SubDomain
Stats.
You will see a listing of all your subdomains.
Just click on the sub-domain that represents your add-on domain
(timber.etwebhosting.com) and you will be taken to its very
own statistics page.
NOTE:
You must allow a good 24-48 hours for
the new add-on subdomain link to appear. The add-on domain will
not show in the listing right away because the log files will
not yet exist until the logs are generated on the normal server
cycle.
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10)
What is the difference between an add-on domain & a parked
domain?
A Parked Domain is placing a domain "on top of" another
domain, which in turn effectively points all web and email traffic
address to the parked domain to the domain it is parked on top
off.
For instance, if your main account is main.com and you park
the domain called parked.com on top of main.com, then
each time a user types in main.com, they will automatically
be taken to parked.com. The files will be displayed from the
main.com website, but the browser will still show parked.com
in the address location bar.
An add-on domain basically allows for the use of a completely
new domain, with its own website files.
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11)
What is the difference between add-on domains and a Reseller
Account?
This is very popular question and it has very simple answers:
1) Add-on domains are all managed within the
same CPanel control panel. For example, if you want
to create an email address for an add-on domain, you must log
into the main domain's CPanel.
2) A reseller account gives you the ability
to create as many true domain accounts as you would like. Unlike
an add-on domain, each domain account created with your reseller
tools will have it's very own CPanel contol panel and can be
distributed or resold (at whatever price you like) to family,
friends, clients, or businesses.
3) Add-on domains are only recommended for
very simple websites. If you intend to use databases or complicated
web programming, then we recommend a reseller account instead
where you can actually create a seperate Cpanel account for
each domain.
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about our reseller accounts.
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