Web Hosting and other stuff - sooo confused!

lauranurse

Please can anyone help?!

A while back I decided to take on the project of creating a website that would focus on information about nutrition and how it affects mental health. The trouble is, in between then and now I have not been well and have also had a medical treatment which has made my memory really, really bad.

I know that I must have bought the domain name https://www.mindwhatyoueat.co.uk as this was the one i wanted and if i type it in it redirects to the blog i started which was going to be complementary to the website. So I also know that I must have done the redirect, but I have no idea how I did it!!! I have also just realised I am paying Just Host every month so I think that means that I am paying them to redirect my domain name to my blog?

I am totally confused with what I can / cant / should / shouldnt do at this point. If I stop paying just host, will the domain name still be mine until i decide to pay for web hosting again once i am ready, or do i automatically lose the domain name when i cancel (im not sure if i bought the domain name through just host?) I am not bothered about it redirecting to my blog at the moment, as it seems quite a lot to be paying monthly just for a redirect!

I would really, really like to be able to sort this out so that once I am ready I can get my project back on track (although i will have to use a website building tool like create.net as i have now also completely forgotten everything i picked up about web design etc!)

I would really appreciate any advice anyone might be able to offer!

Orrin

That domain name is registered to Claire Morrell, so if that's you then you are the legal owner and that won't change if you stop paying your web host.

If you just want to redirect the domain name to your blog you should be able to do that for free via the registrar enom.com without having to pay for web hosting.

lauranurse

Thank-you for your quick reply!

Yes that is me! So that means I can cancel the web hosting? That's great, thank-you!

I didnt realise there was a way to redirect for free, Im just going to check it out now, thanks so much for your help, i really appreciate it - I feel really stupid for getting so confused in the first place!

lauranurse

Please help me again!

I am trying to go through enom like you suggested but it tells me that the domain name was sold through just host as an affiliate so i have to go through them. But does that mean i will have to carry on paying web hosting fees just to redirect the domain name? I cant see any other way of doing it when i log in?

I am really confused again, thought i was getting somewhere!

Orrin

You may have to go through Just Host then, but as the domain is registered in your name you should be able to take control of it whether you are paying for web hosting or not.

danmanchester

Did you buy the domain from Justhost as well as the hosting? If so you can cancel the hosting and just redirect to wherever you wish, I did the same with one of my domains and just redirected it to Google's blogger platform.

lauranurse

Thanks for your help!

Can I just check - so you're saying if i cancel the hosting it will still be redirected, or will i need to do something?

Thank you so much!

danmanchester

Yes you will need to something: point the domain dns to the new hosting, it varies slightly from registrar (the place that holds your domain's registration) to registrar - some you have to enter all the details of your new (free?) hosting yourself, and others (my domain is registered with Heartinternet) just provide a simple one-click option to point to Google (Apps & Blogger etc).

I've probably made it sound more difficult than it really is, if I can do it anyone can!

For example if you decided to use Blogger as your free hosting then you'd need to enter these details with your domain registrar:

http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55373