Add a domain
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How do I add a domain or a sub-domain to my panel
It's really easy!
From your control panel select Domains > Manage Domains, then click Add a New Domain / Sub-Domain
Then, choose from one of the 5 options:
Fully hosted Domain
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(Traditional Hosting)
- Domain to host: your domain or sub-domain
- Extra Web Security
- FastCGI Support?
- Ruby on Rails Passenger (mod_rails)?
- FTP user / CGI-runs-as-user: Enter the name of the FTP user who will own the files for your domain. If you do not have an FTP user for this domain yet, you can create one in the next step. Note: One FTP user can own more than one domain or sub-domain.
- Copy domain's files to new user?: Check this if:
- You are already hosting the site on Dreamhost and you just want to change the name of the FTP user.
- AND you want to move the files that are currently owned by the old FTP user to the new FTP user.
If you want to reset the domain to an empty directory, leave this box unchecked.
- New username: Only if you are creating a new FTP user, otherwise, leave blank
- Specify your web directory: Usually yourdomain.com
- Logs Directory
- How do you like the www in your URL?
- Google Apps - Select whether or not you would like your domain to use Google Apps
- Gmail - Select whether or not you would like your domain to use Gmail
Then click on "Fully host this domain now!" to host your domain!
Google Hosting
(Host your site with Google through Dreamhost)
For more information, see Google Hosted
Redirect
Redirect your site from one URL to another
For more information, see Redirect Domain
Mirror
Mirror the same content on two different domains
For more information, see Mirror Domain
Cloak
The Cloaked section has the following settings:
- URL to Display: In the text box, type the name of another URL. DreamHost will detect any web requests to your domain, and display a frame containing the URL you supply.
- Title in browser: In the text box, type some text. DreamHost will display this text as the title of the "cloaked" browser window.
- Press the Cloak this domain now! button to set the web hosting option to cloaked and save these settings.
