I'm not sure how my earlier post got mangled, perhaps spell checking? Here's
a tidier version.
There are two kinds of domains:
- subdomain
"mysite" is the subdomain of on-Rev in http://mysite.on-rev.com
- add-on domain
"mysite.com" is the domain of http://www.mysite.com
An "add-on" domain is really what I would prefer to call a "true" domain.
You cannot create a true domain on on-Rev without having the DNS pointing
to us. And cPanel won't complain if you follow these steps:
1. Create a SUB domain mysite. Put the folder at the top level like I
suggested.
2. Upload your files there
3. Verify everything works by going to http://mysite.on-rev.com
4. When you're satisfied it works, make no further changes to your site on
the original host
5. Switch the nameservers over to on-Rev
6. Set up an ADD-ON domain on on-Rev for mysite.com, pointing to your
existing folder.
The DNS change will take 24-48 hours for everyone on the Internet to be
updated with your new address, but will occur instantly for many, and
within a couple hours for most. In the meantime, visitors will just see
your old site until their particular DNS server gets the updated
information, at which point they will go to your new site on on-Rev. They
should not get any errors if you follow this procedure. Use
mysite.on-rev.com for your own purposes (FTP, checking web pages) until
you are certain the DNS has been updated for yourself. I've followed this
process for a couple domains already and unless something has changed
recently, I know it works.
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