Web Hosting & Domain FAQ

Managing DNS Zones

If you are using our cPanel web hosting

To manage your DNS records using cPanel:

► Login to cPanel

► click Zone Editor

From there you can edit any DNS records for any domain name associated with your hosting account. Please be careful making changed to your records as incorrect settings can make your website and email go offline until corrected.

If your domain is registered with us but you don’t use our cPanel web hosting

To manage your DNS records when you don’t have a cPanel account with us you will need to contact us and request we turn on the DNS Hosting option for your domain. Create a ticket and request the DNS Hosting addon for your domain.

Once DNS Hosting is turned on your can login to our website and manage your domain records.

► Login to our website

► click Domains

► click My Domains

► click Active (or spanner icon)

► click Domain Options

► select DNS hosting

► click DNS Hosting / URL Forwarding (in left menu).

You can then add/edit your DNS records.

When the DNS Hosting option is selected the nameservers for your domain will automatically be set to:

ns1.nameserver.net.au
ns2.nameserver.net.au
ns3.nameserver.net.au

These are the DNS Hosting nameservers.

Delete a PayPal subscription

Login to your PayPal account and go to the subscriptions page. On the subscriptions page you can delete the subscription for your web hosting with

Managing DNS Zones

If you are using our cPanel web hosting To manage your DNS records using cPanel: ► Login to cPanel ► click Zone Editor From there

Add email forwarder

► Login to cPanel ► click Forwarders  ► Add Forwarder  ► enter the “Address to Forward” you want to create  ► check the correct domain

Who can register .org.au or .asn.au domains

.org.au and .asn.au domains can only be registered by non-commercial organisations. The organisation must be registered as an Australian incorporated association or an Australian charity

Do you offer dedicated IP addresses?

No we don’t sell dedicated IP addresses for web hosting accounts. Dedicated IP addresses don’t offer any advantages for email or SEO purposes. Our outgoing

Changing ownership of a .AU domain

When transferring the ownership of a .au domain name, the domain must be re-registered to the new owners. Confirmation is required from the current and

Setting up FTP program

Filezilla is a very good free FTP program you can download and use. SFTP Settings: Protocal: SFTPHost/Hostname: ftp.mydomain.com.auPort: 5050Logon Type: NormalUsername: your cPanel usernamePassword: your

Creating email accounts

► Login to cPanel ► click Email Accounts ► click +CREATE ► enter your email username  ► enter a password  ► set the Storage Space

Installing SSL on my domain

For SSL to be successfully install on your domain, your domain must be pointing to our web hosting servers. This is so the SSL provider

Is SSL installed on my domain

You need to visit your website by typing https://yourdomain.com.au into your web browser. Don’t forget to add the “s” to the http part, that is

Check email settings

► Login to cPanel ► click Email Accounts ► click CONNECT DEVICES ► Use the SSL settings on that page SSL Email Settings Username: example@yourdomain.com.auPassword:

How to access cPanel

Easy cPanel login ► Login to our website ► click Services  ► click Active (for the domain you want to use) ► click Login to cPanel

Logging into webmail

To login to webmail using a web browser type your domain into the address bar with /webmail at the end: ► https://yourdomain.com.au/webmail ► then enter

How do I pay my invoice

Payment method options include credit card or PayPal. Manual Credit Card Login to our website: ► click Billing ► then My Invoices ► click on