{"id":26,"date":"2018-03-29T20:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/uncategorized\/registering-a-domain\/"},"modified":"2019-10-24T18:04:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:04:07","slug":"registering-a-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/uncategorized\/registering-a-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Registering a Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vassar College currently utilizes both\u00a0subdomains\u00a0<\/b>of .vassarspaces.net and\u00a0top-level domains\u00a0<\/b>(a .com, .net, .org address)\u00a0for the initial signup. You have the option to start with a free subdomain and then later decide you\u2019d like to purchase a\u00a0top-level domain<\/b>\u00a0after using the space.\u00a0 You can do this by registering a domain with a service provider (we make a recommendation below, but any domain provider should work) and adding it to your space as an\u00a0Addon Domain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To start you’ll need to get the domain registered. When choosing a domain we recommend keeping it all lower-case, avoiding hyphens, keeping it short, and of course it will need to be a unique address. Reclaim Hosting has made the process of registering a domain quite simple, and the domain will work with very few additional steps due to the integration they have with our hosting system. To register a domain, click here<\/strong><\/a> and type in the domain you’d like to purchase:<\/p>\n

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After ensuring the domain is available for purchase you’ll be prompted to select whether you’d like to protect the contact information associated with the domain. This option (referred to as ID Protect<\/a>) used to cost an additional $7, but it is now free. We recommend checking this ID Protect box to protect your contact information.<\/p>\n

You’ll also be prompted for nameservers<\/strong> for the domain. If registering the domain through Reclaim Hosting you can leave these with the default. If you decide to register the domain elsewhere, you’ll want to point the nameservers to\u00a0ns1.reclaimhosting.com<\/strong> and\u00a0ns2.reclaimhosting.com<\/strong> in order for the domain to work with our system.<\/p>\n

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Once you’ve completed the checkout process with payment information the domain will be registered automatically. The last step is to add it to your existing account here at Vassar Spaces. To do that you’ll log into your account at\u00a0https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/dashboard<\/a>. Navigate\u00a0to your cPanel >\u00a0Domains > Add-on Domains<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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-On the following page, type your newly purchased domain in the\u00a0new domain name<\/strong>\u00a0field. (The\u00a0subdomain<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Document Root<\/strong>\u00a0fields will populate automatically.)<\/p>\n

-You can change the document root (the directory of your files) if you wish. Some like to remove the \u201c.com\u201d from the Document Root field for the convenience when using FTP.<\/p>\n

-The option to create an additional FTP account is present but not necessary.<\/p>\n

-Once the domain is entered click\u00a0Add Domain<\/strong> to add the domain to your hosting account.<\/p>\n

At this point, the domain will now be hosted in your account and you can use it to install software, upload files, and any number of other actions available to you in cPanel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vassar College currently utilizes both\u00a0subdomains\u00a0of .vassarspaces.net and\u00a0top-level domains\u00a0(a .com, .net, .org address)\u00a0for the initial signup. You have the option to start with a free subdomain and then later decide you\u2019d like to purchase a\u00a0top-level domain\u00a0after using the space.\u00a0 You can do this by registering a domain with a service provider (we make a recommendation below, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}