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Setting Up Additional Domain Names for a Site (Domain Aliases)

If you have registered with a domain name registrar several domain names that you would like to point to the same web site that you host on this server, you should set up domain aliases. This can be done by using Domain Aliases function located on your Home Page.

To set up a domain alias:

  1. Click Domain Aliases on your home page.
  2. Click Add Domain Alias.
  3. Type the desired domain alias name, for example alias.com.

    Domain aliases can comprise letters, digits and hyphens. Each part of the domain alias between dots should not be longer than 63 symbols.

  4. Select the type of domain alias: Web+FTP or Web+FTP+Mail.

    If you want e-mail directed at the e-mail addresses under the domain alias to be redirected to the e-mail addresses under your original domain name, select Web+FTP+Mail.

    Example: You have an e-mail address mail@yourdomain.com. You have set up an alias for your domain name, for example, alias.com. If you want to receive mail to your mailbox mail@yourdomain.com when it is sent to mail@alias.com, select Web+FTP+Mail as the type of the domain alias.

  5. Click OK.

To change the properties of an alias:

  1. Click Domain Aliases on your home page.
  2. Click the alias name you need.
  3. Change the properties and click OK.

To remove an alias from a domain:

  1. Click Domain Aliases on your home page.
  2. Select a check box corresponding to the domain alias that you want to remove.
  3. Click Remove Selected.
  4. Confirm removal and click OK.