Pointing Your Domain to Your Web Host

Pointing Your Domain to Your Webhost
'''Before proceeding, make sure you have purchased your domain name and web hosting account. If you haven't check out the tutorial here'''

In order to get your domain working with your web hosting space, you need to point the domain to the web host, and what follows is a quick tutorial for doing this if you purchased your domain with Godaddy and are hosting with Cast Iron Coding.

''Note: This process should be similar, if not identical, even if you are not using Godaddy.com for your domain and/or Cast Iron Coding for hosting. If you used a different registrar, these steps should work as a good basic guide. In addition, your registrar should have how-to information/tutorials on their site with information about pointing domains to web hosts.''

1. To point your domain at Godaddy to Cast Iron Coding you will need to login to your Godaddy account and then choose "Domain Management" from the "Domains" drop-down menu.

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2. Click on the domain you want to edit and in the accordion menu that appears, choose "Manage Domain."

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3. A page will appear with information/options for the domain. Click the "Nameservers" button at the top of the page and choose "Set Nameservers".

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4. A pop-up window will appear in which you can set your nameservers. Choose the bottom option, "I have specific nameservers for my domains." and enter the Cast Iron nameserver addresses in the fields provided:


 * Nameserver 1: ns1.castironcoding.com
 * Nameserver 2: ns2.castironcoding.com

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5. After that, click OK, and your domain will now point to the web hosting space you have at Cast iron Coding. Keep in mind it can take as long as 24 to 48 hours for the domain name to propagate on the new server, but it is usually much quicker.