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ah ha i've got the email now, so i need to wait for 48hrs until i can do anything?

Thank you

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Well - if you get it going today - let me know :) I signed up for a i-web thingy today and am having no luck. Although I did manage to upload index.html to my site.

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it can take less time, than that, but 48 hours is a good estimate.

In the meantime you have to use the IP addy for access - have a play with the Fantastico scripts, although, unfortunately, there isn't one for a family tree app

For that you could look at something like

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&ct=...DQDrbURenjidkH

although I havn't tried it, myself.

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i just got this email what do i do?

xxxxxxxxco.uk that was installed on 09/10/2005 has not
yet resolved to our servers.

Please check and make sure your domain name is pointed to the following
nameservers:
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when i click on the ip addy they sent me in the email i get a 404 error.???!

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ah - as far as i know the emails are sent out automatically - if you signed up for domain name and hosting, I-Web should handle the nameserver thing for you, just a matter of time - as soon as it resolves, you will get another email & you should have IP access.

- frustrating - nothing worse than a new toy that you can't play with ;)

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i know! i'm not the most patient person! Hmmm watch it start working on monday morning when i can't play with it!
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where would i check my domain name is pointed to the correct nameservers?

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I wouldn't worry about the nameserves i-web will sort it for you. :) DNS Report will tell you were they point once it all resolves! http://www.dnsreport.com/

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^ what he said, thanks Martin :)

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Ha ha i will do, if i do get it working, i'll be back asking for help! :shocked:

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You and me both :)

Incidentally I got an email just now saying that my name hasn't been resolved yet. So I think we'll just have to wait a while before fiddling :)

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think i might pop if i have to wait much longer!it's like christmas eve sat looking at the tree!

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Hello, i'm back again with more silly questions....queue the laughter!
ok so my site has now resolved, i get the i-web page when i access my site. i'm starting to think this idea of a website is a little beyond me! what on earth do i do now? where to i start and more importantly how!? sorry for being soooo dumb!

kimberley x

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hiya, the good thing about this is that it hasn't cost you a huge amount of money and you can take your time, even if it seems a bit daunting, at first.

Can i first stress that I am a relative n00b at this website malarkey, myself. What I have found useful is to 'play about' with the various 'ready made' sites available via the 'fantastico' scripts in the CPanel.

You just have to bear in mind that each installation will use a SQL database & that your disc space will soon fill up if you install too many things at once. Luckily it is just as easy to delete stuff via 'fantastico' as it is to install it.

Other than that I would recommend getting to grips with a FTP client, I like the FireFTP extension to Firefox, which is basic but simple to use. :)

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ummm what does this mean?

You chose to install in the main directory of the domain www.xxxxx.co.uk, but there are conflicting filenames, therefore we can not proceed. Following filenames already exist in the main directory of the domain xxxxx.co.uk (path="/home/xxxxx/public_html/").You must manually remove these files before proceeding with auto-installation:
index.php

How do i manually remove files?

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cPanel (the control panel) has a W(hat) Y(ou) S(ee) I(s) W(hat) Y(ou) G(et) editor that allows you to create webpages in an interface similar to Microsoft Word.
My host has this little guide for using it: http://helpdesk.valcatosupport.com/c...?do=read&id=17
It's not terribly advanced but it's a start - there may be a couple of other articles in there that will help you.