Nexcess Knowledge Base

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.

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.

Learn how to redirect non-WWW to WWW in the HTACCESS file with regard to your website's possible main URLs. Using Apache Web Server's hypertext access (.htaccess) file, let's look at what it takes.

SiteWorx is a powerful tool for managing your hosted website and hosting account. Its features include standard and non-default domain management, email routing, and admin settings configuration.

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.

Let's walk through the various aspects of adding a secondary domain in the Nexcess Client Portal — the admin panel for managing your hosting plans and sites with Nexcess.

Common questions and answers relating to domain registration.

Understand what WHOIS is and why it's important in web hosting. Learn how to perform a WHOIS search.