Changing website hosting

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 21:24

Hi guys,
Ive ordered some web hosting with tsohost.co.uk and i want to connect it to my domain which is held at 123reg. Am i right in thinking the only thing i need to do is to point the DNS to the tsohost hosting in 123reg control panel, and then wait? Ive been waiting about 4 hours now. I know it says it could take 24 hours to propagate but the last time i did this only took a couple of hours I'm sure.
Regards
FP

Staffy · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:05

You need to change the nameservers at your registrar to the ones tsohost should have sent you? If so it can take a while for them to propagate around the web.

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:08

yep, done that mate, I guess its just a waiting game then. Was hoping to work on it tonight. Oh well!
Thanks
FP

Staffy · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:35

You should be able to login to cpanel through something like http://ipaddress~username something like that anyway. Was it in your welcome email?

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:38

Ya cpanel isn't a problem, I've already installed wordpress through it.

Hyburnate · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:39

Clear your Cache.

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:46

Hyburnate said:
Clear your Cache.

Ya done that mate, no joy

Staffy · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:48

It varies, not sure on what. Sometimes it can be done in minutes sometimes it can take hours. Sounds like you got the hours this time.

Hyburnate · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:49

I guess you just play the waiting game. Haven't used cPanel in absolute ages but if you park the domain it may work?

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:50

I'll try that ta

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:52

Error from park wrapper: You cannot park your main domain!

Staffy · 17 Jan 2012 at 22:54

It could be your isp somehow caching the page. Take a look through a proxy server/page, or ask someone to have a look for you who hasn't been to the domain before.

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 23:00

Its still showing the same website through the proxy. Ill have to play the waiting game. Was hoping to get it up and running tonight for tomorrow. Ohhhhh well.

kayomani · 17 Jan 2012 at 23:02

Depends on what time to live is set on your domain, if you ever move again see if you can reduce the time before moving to minimise dns cache issues.

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Jan 2012 at 23:03

Personally I would have moved the domain over to the new host. It can get nasty when your domain name is with one company and hosting is on another.

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 23:09

mrbell1984 said:
Personally I would have moved the domain over to the new host. It can get nasty when your domain name is with one company and hosting is on another.

No thanks, I've learned the hard way there, when the hosting company basically held me to ransom on my domain name when i wanted to move to a cheaper deal. From now on i will always keep my domain names separate!

Staffy · 17 Jan 2012 at 23:10

Personally I would have moved the domain over to the new host. It can get nasty when your domain name is with one company and hosting is on another.

Sorry. Personally I would never do that.
I have seen it cause too many issues when you want to leave the host etc.. just preference I suppose.

funkyphantom · 17 Jan 2012 at 23:11

kayomani said:
Depends on what time to live is set on your domain, if you ever move again see if you can reduce the time before moving to minimise dns cache issues.

Thanks for this, is there any way of checking when the 'time to live' is set?

funkyphantom · 18 Jan 2012 at 14:06

bahhh still waiting.

funkyphantom · 19 Jan 2012 at 15:50

Im beginning to think I've done something wrong guys, could someone confirm my website is still up? http://www.trenthamparkgolfclub.com/ If it isn't up and the dns has propagated there should be an 'under construction' banner on there.
Cheers