indigo8 - SiteWorx Tutorials

Before you attempt to create a pointer domain, you need to have an alternate domain name with nameservers pointing to NEXCESS.NET's DNS servers. The reason for this is because SiteWorx will check the domain to make sure it's resolving to NEXCESS.NET's DNS servers before it creates the pointer domain. Your pointer domain won't work if it's not resolving to NEXCESS.NET first. A pointer domain is a second domain that points to your hosting account. This means that you can have yourdomain.com, yourdomain.net and your-domain.org all pointing to the same location as your primary domain. This will allow people to access your primary domain name using any one of several domain names.

Setting Up a Pointer Domain

This tutorial assumes that you've already logged into SiteWorx and you're on the SiteWorx Overview page. Your screen should look like this:
In order to setup a Pointer Domain, you need to click on the 'Pointer Domain' button in the Left Control Panel Menu.
You should now be on the Pointer Domain page.
Enter the name of the domain that you'd like to point to your primary domain.
Click the 'Add' button to create your pointer domain.
Once you press the 'Add' button, it make take several minutes for SiteWorx to check the validity of your pointer domain. If your pointer is resolving improperly or doesn't exist yet, you will see this error message.
Your screen should look like this while SiteWorx is checking your pointer domain and setting it up.
When your pointer domain has been added, you should receive this successful message. You should also see your pointer domain in the list below.
If you need to delete a pointer domain, click the 'Delete' button next to the pointer you'd like to delete. You should now be at this delete confirmation page.
Click the 'Delete' button and wait for SiteWorx to remove your pointer domain. You should now be back on the main Pointer Domain page and see that your pointer domain has been deleted.

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