Who or What is ICANN? ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is a non-profit organization established in the United States in 1998 to aid in maintaining the security of the Internet and allow it to be accessible by all. ...

 ICANN Verification

Find out what cookies are set when you publish a site What are cookies? A cookie is a small text-based file given to you by a visited website that helps identify you to that site. Cookies are used to facilitate your visit as you navigate through ...

Cookies And Published Websites

This article will guide you through the necessary steps to register a new domain name with Midphase. Step 1: Navigate To The Domain Section Of CHI: Log into your chi.westhost.com dashboard with your username and password. Navigate to the “Domains” ...

How To Register A Domain

Website Builder is intended to be used for creating websites for Small Business users. If used reasonably and by the documentation, it should work well and we will be happy to try and resolve any problems. If you use the Website Builder contrary to ...

Known Limitations

Find out what information we hold This site uses cookies. A cookie is a small text-based file given to you by a visited website that helps identify you to that site. Cookies are used to facilitate your visit as you navigate through different pages on ...

Our Privacy Policy

Writing and publishing a blog post from your device With Website Builder you can write and publish blog posts from your phone or tablet Website Builder Blog app Tap the Main menu icon The main menu Select Blog Blog list page Getting started with your ...

Posting From Your Phone Or Tablet

Remove all site content and restore the current template A site reset will: Clear all site content Restore the current template by clearing any changes to fonts, styles, and colors After a reset is complete: Text content will be deleted Images will ...

Resetting your site

This article contains information about what a domain name is. A domain name is the unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on ...

What Is A Domain Name?

Writing a blog helps to drive traffic to your website and engage with your audience. Click Blog Blog icon To create a post, click on Add a post or click the + button Add a blog post Give your post a Post title Use the Post editing box to add the ...

Writing Your First Blog Post

Skip to end of metadata Go to start of metada In this section, we will detailing the process of transferring a domain from another registrar over to Westhost. This guide covers domain TLD's that need EPP codes. Pre-requisites: At your current ...

How To Transfer A Domain To WestHost

In this section, we will be detailing the process of transferring a domain from Westhost to another registrar. This guide covers domain TLD's that need EPP codes. Skip to end of metadata Go to start of metadata How to transfer the domain away: 1. ...

How To Transfer Out a Domain

What is DNSSEC? DNSSEC creates a secure domain name system by adding cryptographic signatures to existing DNS records. These digital signatures are stored in DNS name servers alongside common record types like A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, etc. By checking its ...

DNSSEC

In this section we will provide instructions on how to correctly enter the SRV record information within the DNS section of your CHI account. Please note that changes made to the DNS can take up to 24 hours to propagate before taking effect. How to ...

How to add an SRV Record

What is WHOIS? The governing body over domains, an organisation called ICANN, requires valid contact information listed for every domain name. This information is usually referred to as WHOIS information. How to change WHOIS Information: Step One: ...

How To Change WHOIS Information

In this section, we will provide instructions on how to edit your DNS records within CHI. Please note that changes made to the DNS can take up to 24 hours to propagate and for the changes to take effect. Step One: Navigate To The DNS section of CHI ...

How To Manage DNS

Glue records let you use your own domain name as custom nameservers - for example, ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com instead of the default Westhost nameservers. This is commonly used by web agencies and resellers who want branded nameservers ...

How to Set Up Glue Records (Custom Nameservers)

In this section, we will run through the most common types of DNS records, that you may encounter when editing your DNS records. NS (Nameserver) record Nameserver's are a type of record that defines the name servers that are used by the zone. This ...

Domains

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