How To: Domains

You can set your custom/private nameserver from WHM. 1. Login to your WHM Account. 2. Go to Server Configuration >> Basic WebHost Manager® Setup or type Basic in the search box, and it will display the Basic WebHost Manager® Setup option. Click on it. Note: Domain propagation takes up to 24 hours.

You can change the default nameserver of your server from your WHM Root Account. Note: Root Access is required. You cannot access it from the WHM Reseller Account. 1. Login to your WHM Root Account. 2. Go to Server Configuration >> Basic WebHost Manager® Setup or type Basic WebHost in the search box, and the […]

You can use your additional domain and point it to the root of your primary site. If your primary domain is example.com and point example.net to it and someone will access example.net, then the browser will display example.com 1. Log in to your DirectAdmin Account. 2. In the Account Manager section, click on the Domain […]

After purchasing our hosting account, you will receive a welcome email message from us. It will contain our nameservers, and you will need to update your domain nameservers to ours. If your domain is registered on 123-Reg, you should follow this tutorial to update the Nameservers of your Domain to our Nameservers. 1. Open the […]

After purchasing our hosting account, you will receive a welcome email message from us. It will contain our nameservers, and you will need to update your domain nameservers to ours. If your domain is registered on DynaDot, you should follow this tutorial to update the Nameservers of your Domain to our Nameservers. 1. Open the […]

After purchasing our hosting account, you will receive a welcome email message from us. It will contain our nameservers, and you will need to update your domain nameservers to ours. If your domain is registered on NameCheap, you should follow this tutorial to update the Nameservers of your Domain to our Nameservers. 1. Open the […]

After purchasing our hosting account, you will receive a welcome email message from us. It will contain our nameservers, and you will need to update your domain nameservers to ours. If your domain is registered on NetEarthOne or LogicBoxes-based registrars, you should follow this tutorial to update the nameservers of your domain to ours. 1. […]

After purchasing our hosting account, you will receive a welcome email message from us. It will contain our nameservers, and you will need to update your domain nameservers to ours. If your domain is registered at GoDaddy, you should follow this tutorial to update the nameservers of your domain to our nameservers. 1. Visit Godaddy.com […]

If you have purchased a domain from hostworld and you would like to use hostworld’s DNS management tool, you need to ensure that the nameservers for your domain are set correctly first. As this differs for each domain, please raise a support ticket into our team to request what your nameservers should be to allow […]

To setup rDNS (Reverse DNS) for your VPS IP address(s) please contact our technical support team here.

The following applies if you have purchased any of the following hosting packages from hostworld: Web Hosting WordPress Hosting Premium Hosting Reseller Hosting Your nameservers will be included in the welcome email you received from us upon completion of the order process and once payment is received. In rare cases if you did not receive […]

After purchasing our hosting account, you will receive a welcome email message from us. It will contain our nameservers, and you will need to update your domain nameservers to ours. If your domain is registered on Name.com, you should follow this tutorial to update the Nameservers of your Domain to our Nameservers. 1. Open the […]

If your domain name is held with hostworld simply login to your client area, click ‘My Domains’ then click the icon next to your domain name. On the next page you’ll see a screen to change the nameservers. Your nameservers will be included in your welcome email you received when you ordered the service. If […]

To flush DNS cache on Windows: Start -> Run -> Type ‘cmd’ – in command prompt – then type ‘ipconfig /flushdns’. Once you run the command your DNS cache will flush. To flush the DNS cache on Mac OS: Go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal – then type ‘dscacheutil -flushcache’ in your terminal to flush […]