Frequently Asked Questions
I sometimes hear references to parked domains. What are they?
The term parked domain can actually refer to two slightly different things. Sometimes the term is used to refer to one domain which points to another. So if we registered the domain www.evenmorecomputeranswers.info and parked it (the method for doing this will vary depending on your web host), it would point to our main domain. If you then typed the new domain name into your browser, you would get the main www.computer-answers.info page.
Another use of the term is for a domain that's been registered but isn't in active use (possibly because it's been registered in the hope of being able to sell it later, or because the site just isn't ready to be launched yet). Sometimes these parked domains display ads, or an "Under Construction" page.
Related terms that you'll also hear used are add-on domain and sub-domain. An add-on domain is a separate domain that you've registered and associated with your primary domain (the one you originally used when setting up your web hosting account), but looks to others as if it's a completely independent website. So, as in the example above, if we registered www.evenmorecomputeranswers.info and set it up as an add-on domain, then the new evenmorecomputeranswers website would be accessible in three different ways:
- evenmorecomputeranswers.info
- computer-answers.info/evenmorecompteranswers
- evenmorecomputeranswers.computer-answers.info
A sub-domain isn't a separate domain, it's just a section within your website that you want to make more easily accessible. If we added forums to our site, for example, then we might want to make them a sub-domain so that they could be accessed via forums.computer-answers.info.
Can I start my site using a free host and transfer to a paid one later?
How easy it is to do this depends on which free hosting service you use. If you use one that allows you to register your own domain name (like www.yourdomain.com), then you can transfer it to another host easily. If you use a free hosting service that also provides paid hosting, then they should provide an easy migration path. However, if you use a free service which requires you to use their specific second-level domain (so your site is something like www.yoursite.yourfreehost.com or www.yourfreehost.com/yoursite) then your site will always be associated with that particular free hosting provider. In that case, you can obviously transfer the content of the website (which is yours), but would need to register a new domain for it. If your free hosting provider supports it, you might be able to set up a redirect from your old site to your new one, so that the old address still works.
Can I create my web pages in a word processing application and just save them as HTML?
You could, but we wouldn't advise it. If you just want a simple page, then this will work, and you can upload the resulting HTML file to your web host. However, if you want to do anything more sophisticated, you'll almost certainly run into problems. If you include pictures for example, you'll have to upload not just the HTML files but separately upload the images files as well (using the Publish function in an HTML editor like NVU does this automatically). You'll also find the functionality very limited if you want to do things like create menus or any kind of dynamic content.
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