Domain Instructions

[Forte 0]

I'm not sure if this goes here, or if there's one already somewhere else, so please excuse me on either account.I'm planning on getting a domain pretty soon (from here, of course) and it will be my first one, so I would like someone who has experience in this area to tell me how to set it up properly, and what I need to do so that people who have my current site URL won't have to ask me what the new one is (Affiliates and such).Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks for your time.

[xpress 0]

First make sure that the domain name you want to order is available. There are many domain searching sites available in internet. Or you can use https://xisto.com/ to search whether the name is available or not.

 

Then login to your https://support.xisto.com/ account and select Order in that page. Then at the bottom of the page you'll see an option Order Domain Registration Only. Select that and order your new domain from there...You'll find everything easy to order your domain.

 

To redirect the current URL (may be subdomain from your Xisto account) to the new registered domain do the following stpes.

Login to your CPanel and select Redirects in the Domain tab.

Leave the permanent(301) option and select your current url at http://(www.)?.

And in the redirects to field enter your new domain name. (leave the defalut redirect with or without www option).

Click on Add. Thats it. Now if anybody enters your old URL to access your site they will be automatically redirect to your new domain name. (They'll see the new domain name in their browsers address bar)

[Forte 0]

Thank you very much, that's most certainly helpful. If I have any other questions, I'll make sure to ask. I do suppose that when you say CPanel, you mean the Domain's CPanel, not my site's cPanel, correct? On my site's cPanel (currently using cPanel X), there's not a domain tab, but there is a button for "Addon Domains" and "Parked Domains", as well as a "Manage Redirects" button, but that's only to redirect certain files to other files.

[xpress 0]

Thank you very much, that's most certainly helpful. If I have any other questions, I'll make sure to ask. I do suppose that when you say CPanel, you mean the Domain's CPanel, not my site's cPanel, correct? On my site's cPanel (currently using cPanel X), there's not a domain tab, but there is a button for "Addon Domains" and "Parked Domains", as well as a "Manage Redirects" button, but that's only to redirect certain files to other files.

No Forte....I'm talking about your hosting accounts CPanel (or your websites CPanel). What I meant by Domian tab is the row you'll find "Addon Domains", "Parket Domains" etc.. You'll have Redirects(or may be manage redirects) in that row. Click on the Redirects and follow the above steps .

 

I forgot to tell you another thing. Don't forget to Park your new domain(through Parked Domains).

And ask any doubts you have....

[Forte 0]

Oh, ok. I see what you're talking about now. For some reason, I was thinking about this all wrong, but I get you now. Just set it up to redirect the subdomain that I'm on now to the domain I set up. Makes perfect sense. Thanks again.