Need help with HostGator

KingMatt

Junior Member

Nov 4, 2014

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #21

I agree with @redarrow

HostGator have the worst customer service of any web host I have ever used and their sloppy practices could potentially shut a business down overnight - they are not a suitable host for any important project

 

Dominick DeCocco

Registered Member

Aug 2, 2016

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #22

Thank god you made this thread today, because I just had the EXACT same problem.

Gonna try the flush and see if it works
Thanks

 

Dominick DeCocco

Registered Member

Aug 2, 2016

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #23

Well, I did the dns flush thing and rebooted my pc, but to no avail

 

CyberHour

Elite Member

Apr 3, 2016

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #24

https://www.whatsmydns.net

Check propagation status for your area

 

Dominick DeCocco

Registered Member

Aug 2, 2016

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #25

CyberHour said:

https://www.whatsmydns.net

Check propagation status for your area

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Getting this report

http://imgur.com/a/6dtQy

I live in Ottawa, so idk, the closest would be toronto and it seems to be checked. But I still get the page that says "please configure your name servers"

 

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micalmaster

Newbie

Nov 15, 2016

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #26

It takes 24 - 48 hours a domain to propagate and update with server.

 

CyberHour

Elite Member

Apr 3, 2016

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #27

Create free Cloudflare account add your website and replace the DNS of your domain with the one that you will get from CF.

 

Dominick DeCocco

Registered Member

Aug 2, 2016

75

6

• Nov 15, 2016

• #28

Thanks for the help, but it's just one more thing that i have to sign up for. It's gonna be an even bigger hassle

 

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micalmaster

Newbie

Nov 15, 2016

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #29

bigger hassle for to just signup :O lol

 

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jamil

Newbie

Jul 29, 2008

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #30

did you register a domain with hostgator and purchase the hosting too?

 

Dominick DeCocco

Registered Member

Aug 2, 2016

75

6

• Nov 15, 2016

• #31

jamil said:

did you register a domain with hostgator and purchase the hosting too?

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yes sir!

 

Dominick DeCocco

Registered Member

Aug 2, 2016

75

6

• Nov 15, 2016

• #32

Update:

I've gotten to log onto wordpress with my registered domain. Thing is I can't view the website in real time. But as I suspect, that's because of the DNS propagation

 

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jamil

Newbie

Jul 29, 2008

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #33

Dominick DeCocco said:

Update:

I've gotten to log onto wordpress with my registered domain. Thing is I can't view the website in real time. But as I suspect, that's because of the DNS propagation

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It will resolve eventually, true, but propogation shouldn't be an issue these days for most of the common domain extensions - a lot of the newer naff extensions still take some time because these registries servers will be configured using the old recommendations to reduce server load. The top extensions refresh as fast as every 3 mins these days, so by the time you've registered and waiting for your emails and details, the domain dns is already updated and live.

I have 5 domains on hostgator servers which I did on a special last year, but they are all dot coms, I had demo sites up on them within minutes and i'm about 5000 miles away from where they are hosted.

There's other factors that can affect your ability to see it live though, like your isp being slow to update their dns cache.

 

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Ionovnat

Newbie

Nov 3, 2016

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• Nov 16, 2016

• #34

I don't think it's wise to buy hosting and reg domain at the same provider.
Don't keep all your eggs in one basket.