Re: [CGUYS] web hosting question from a newbie

2007-10-04 Thread gerald
register your own domain name. In the old days, register services acted like they owned the name, and made it extremely difficult to free the name. there is not much value in reregistering a name now, so the services do not fight so hard. I use godaddy.com. now that they sponsor racer

[CGUYS] web hosting question from a newbie

2007-10-02 Thread Robert
I am a webmaster for a local non-profit organization that has previously had its web host supplied to the organization by a third party. That party charges the organization for hosting but does not reveal any details at all, such as the bandwidth supplied or used. I'm thinking that the

Re: [CGUYS] web hosting question from a newbie

2007-10-02 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Two separate questions. Web hosting Domain registration I found this out earlier this year when ours was about to expire. Many companies (who host websites) will gladly register your domain name, but then their name gets attached to it somehow as they are resellers of the registration (I

Re: [CGUYS] web hosting question from a newbie

2007-10-02 Thread Robert
Thank you for your reply. As I mentioned in my original message, the domain registration belongs to the web host -- registered by it. If we were to switch web hosts, how could we retain the same domain name? Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Two separate questions. Web hosting Domain

Re: [CGUYS] web hosting question from a newbie

2007-10-02 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Technically it belongs to you not them. They registered it for you. Ask them for it, and if they are reputable they should allow you to move it. Otherwise get a new one. Stewart At 05:40 PM 10/2/2007, you wrote: Thank you for your reply. As I mentioned in my original message, the domain