what do you think?

no your host (you did sign up for a host, right..) will set up the site, your ISP doesnt have to do anything

Cybling, take it easy, I was just like you a year ago or so...NO clue of how to buy a domain and all that.. it seems like such a BIG THING!!..

Well, I live in Finland, but I guess it´s about the same allaround..

When I purchased www.rcdracing.com ...it took about 48 hours to become registered to me, and another 7 to be reachable via the URL.... It didn´t seem to work that great for the first day, but then it got started real good.... So just have patience..I know I didn´t have.... lol

Well you need your DNS servers from your host. Your host then has to set up a site for you, which their DNS will redirect to your site. You have to get that information from your host, or open a command window and type this:

/nslookup -type=NS www.yourhost.com

Then take those names that it gives you, or IP addresses, doesn't matter really, and log onto your registrar and enter those in for your DNS servers.

Okay, cool.

I signed up for webspace, so that basically means that i have a host, right? And i also signed up for the domain, the site did both at the same time..So i bought my domain, and i bought my webspace, so that's it...bingo, finito, done and dusted. Yes? :confused:

So you signed up for hosting when you registered your domain? From the same company?

Yes, if you bought web space somewhere, you have a host. Your host has the DNS (Domain Name Servers) which your domain will point to. When you registered the domain name, it should've asked for those.

Mattboy...Yes, well, i don't know. I signed up for a plan which says that i get a domain and webspace. I don't know where the webspace is coming from. It was an all-in-one deal.


Mobile...Crap...No..All that happened was i filled out the form, then the credit card details, then a screen saynig 'congratulations, you have sucessfully bought a website' or something like that, and that was it. I wasn't sent an eamil, or any more info at all. Am i screwed?

No, if you got it all from the same place, everything is covered. I didn't catch that that's what you had done.

Ok, so it's cool? phew, i thought i blew my money away there. I would have expected a 'please wait at least 48 hours for domain registration' note or even an email of some sort. But now that i know that everything is covered, that's great.

Thanks guys, you're the best ;) :D ;)