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May 19, 2023
By Amy Myers
Testing via Temp Subdomains (Our Vanity Domains)
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Nexcess allows customers to leverage vanity subdomains for website testing purposes. So, vanity domains within Nexcess hosting plans are actually temporary subdomains under the primary domain.
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May 16, 2023
By Kiki Sheldon
How to create and edit DNS Zones in the Nexcess Client Portal
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Learn how to create and edit DNS Zones in the Nexcess Client Portal. We will also give a brief overview of how DNS works, and the DNS records you will frequently use.
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March 27, 2023
By Kiki Sheldon
Adding a pointer domain for the primary domain name
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A pointer domain — or a parked domain — allows you to have multiple domain names display the content of your site. Let's review pointer domains and adding them for a Nexcess-hosted site.
Nexcess: New Temporary Domain on All Plans
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As of 08.23.2022 @ 10 PM ET, any new website on a Nexcess Plan will be given a CNAME Target domain and subdomain from *.nxcli.io instead of *.nxcli.net.
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January 07, 2022
How to Change a Domain Name in a Nexcess Account
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Nexcess Cloud Account admins can easily change a domain name when needed. Via the Nexcess Client Portal, admins can quickly modify the master domain name.
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September 09, 2019
By Nexcess
What is WHOIS and why is it important in web hosting?
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Understand what WHOIS is and why it's important in web hosting. Learn how to perform a WHOIS search.
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