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Viewing pre-DNS Propogated
Websites When you upload a new domain to our servers, it takes approximately
2-4 days for the domain's DNS to propagate on the Internet. During this time
using your usual nameservers, you won't be able to view the domain. However,
you have two options for viewing the domain before DNS propagation:
1 - You
can use our test site.
2 - You can set your machine's DNS configuration to
point to our nameservers.
If you choose option 2, after viewing your
domain, you should switch back to your original nameservers.
Using the test site
What is the test site?
It is a fully functioning facility which has
been implemented to allow you to completely test a domain before its DNS
propagates.
How can I use the test site for viewing my
domain?
To test your domain, upload the domain to our
servers then go to the URL:
http://previewmysite.com/domaintobetested
For example, you would use the following URL to
test the domain newcars.com:
http://previewmysite.com/newcars.com
How can I use the test site for viewing my
FrontPage website?
To preview a FrontPage website before DNS
propagates, publish the FrontPage site using the following URL:
http://domaintobetested.previewmysite.com
For example, you would use the following URL to
test the domain newcars.com:
http://newcars.com.previewmysite.com
Troubleshooting
Absolute URLs
Links using absolute URLs will not work,
because DNS is not propagated. For example:
http://newcars.com/images/car.gif
Relative URLs, however, will work properly. For
example:
images/car.gif
ASP
The test site doesn't support ASP. To view ASP
based sites, please use the Changing DNS configuration method. Presently we are
beta testing an ASP solution.
Changing the DNS configuration
Our nameserver information
The name and IP address of our nameservers
are:
ns1.meganameservers.com 216.251.32.100
ns2.meganameservers.com
216.251.32.101
How can I set the DNS configuration on a
Windows machine?
Please click on the step number to view a
screen shot
Step
1 - From Control Panel click on "Network", choose TCP/IP from the menu and
click on the "Properties" button. The "TCP/IP Properties" dialog box will be
displayed.
Step2 - Click the "DNS Configuration" tab, then click the
"Enable DNS" radio button and enter the first nameserver IP address in the "DNS
Server Search Order" textbox and click the "Add" button. The IP address will
appear in the menu below. Follow the same procedure for the second nameserver.
The "Host" and "Domain" fields are irrelevant but you need to fill them in to
complete the process. You can use dummy values for these fields, for
example:
in the "Host" textbox enter meganameservers
in the "Domain" textbox enter meganameservers.com
After filling the required fields click the
"OK" button to complete the operation.
How can I set the DNS configuration on a
Linux machine?
In Linux, the file you must edit is
/etc/resolve.conf. This file can contain many various directives which affect
how your system resolves a host name into an IP address.
An example of
resolve.conf file:
domain yourdomain.com
search
yourdomain.com
nameserver 216.251.32.100
nameserver 216.251.32.101
Ensure that the two nameserver entries contain
216.251.32.100 and 216.251.32.101 respectively. Further information on
directives can be found in the man pages under the "resolver".
How can I set the DNS configuration on a
Macintosh?
Please click on the step number to view a
screen shot
Step
1 - From the "Apple" menu choose Control Panels and then select TCP/IP. The
"TCP/IP Setup Ethernet" dialog box will be displayed.
Step
2 - On the "Setup" panel enter the nameservers IP addresses in the "Name
Server Addr." textarea and then close the dialog box.
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