I have just had great success changing from my X10HOSTING free sub-domain rocky.elementfx.com to my registered domain name gemmas.ws.
Here's how I did it from information derived from doing a forum search - a very useful tool indeed.
1. I logged in to my Account Management Panel (AMP) to check the current details.
Everything looked correct for rocky.elementfx.com.
Now I can check that gemmas.ws will be accepted on X10
2. I ticked the box
Check if using your own domain name under
ACCOUNT DETAILS
The text box now becomes empty and available to enter your own domain name.
3. I typed in gemmas.ws and clicked on the button
Confirm domain to check the domain name's availability.
I received a message back in green:
The domain you have chosen is currently available
Now everything checks out OK and I can proceed with the next phase of changing the nameservers at the domain name registrar I registered gemmas.ws with.
Leave the AMP open, and in a new browser tab go to your domain name registrar - I use GoDaddy so I will explain what I did there.
4. Log in to GoDaddy and go to
My Account and look for
Manage Domains and click on the menu item to go there.
5. Next click on the current link to your NS1 and NS2 settings.
6. Replace the current nameserver setting with:
NS1.X10HOSTING.COM
NS2.X10HOSTING.COM
7. Click on Save and OK in the next 2 screens.
You will receive a confirmation email that your changes have been noted.
Job done so you can now log out of GoDaddy.
8. Return to the AMP where you still have your domain name entered in the box.
9. Click on the button
Confirm hosting details and take notice of the warning
Please only hit confirm once and be patientas this message is very important to having a successful transition.
10. Now you will have to wait for the nameserver changes you made at your domain name registrar to propagate the Internet, which could take up to 48 hours.
(After the 2 day wait - this is because the .ws TLD is operated by some very laid back South Pacific Islanders - my gemmas.ws was ready and I can now access my web site and my cPanel with no problems at all).
BTW the TLD .
ws can now be transferred to another domain name registrar, which was not previously allowed - this info found under the FAQ sub heading
.WS Ownership Transfers
Can I transfer my domain to another registrar?
at the
World Site Registry
In the mean time your X10HOSTING subdomain will become unavailable including the associated cPanel.
Be patient at this stage and do some work on your site on your PC or otherwise occupy your time until your nameserver changes takes effect.
You can however still access your cPanel, if you need to use it, by simply using your server's shared IP address, like so:
67.228.161.42:2082/
and entering your current user/pass - the one you signed up with and the one you use to access these forums.
If you had upgraded your PHP to
Intermediate then it should remain the same after your domain name change - mine did.
If you have not upgraded PHP and you wish your domain name to have the
Intermediate extended features, then you can upgrade your PHP before closing the AMP and wait some more for the upgrade confirmation email from X10HOSTING.
The above process required no intervention from X10HOSTING staff, that I was aware of.
Also it eliminates the need to post a forum request to have your sub-domain changed to your owned domain name.
Now when you check the
Detailed Hosting Account Information under the heading
HOSTING ACCOUNT INFORMATION in the AMP you will see the new details for your owned domain name.
If hope I have not missed anything and this how-to proves to be helpful.
Good luck with it.
Regards,
Rocky
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