Unlimited Domains - Baby Gator

I am very new to all this web hosting stuff so I hope this question isn't too stupid. I have a personal web site that I maintain and I have now volunteered to create a web page for a non-profit club that I am a member of. My question is can I buy one plan and put both web pages each with their own domain name on the same plan? If I do this will they have 2 different file structures? And will each name point to a different web page or will both domain names point to the same web page index? So if I have mypage.com and clubpage.org and the main page for each one is named index.htm will the url point to the right place?

If down the road I get a volunteer to help maintain the club's website can that person be given access to the plan to update and maintain the club site? ANd can that person be given permission to access the club site files but not my personal site files?

[GatorJay]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am very new to all this web hosting stuff so I hope this question isn't too stupid. I have a personal web site that I maintain and I have now volunteered to create a web page for a non-profit club that I am a member of. My question is can I buy one plan and put both web pages each with their own domain name on the same plan? If I do this will they have 2 different file structures? And will each name point to a different web page or will both domain names point to the same web page index? So if I have mypage.com and clubpage.org and the main page for each one is named index.htm will the url point to the right place?

If down the road I get a volunteer to help maintain the club's website can that person be given access to the plan to update and maintain the club site? ANd can that person be given permission to access the club site files but not my personal site files?

Hi there, yes and no to your questions.

The first part, yes. You can use an add-on domain to host other sites on your account. They will be completely seperate to anyone viewing but you. The file structure will still be the same, but in your public_html there will be a folder named after the site. That is where you would place your files.

The problem with this is, you still only have one cpanel. If you were to give it to someone else they would be able to access all of your files. Unless you only gave them FTP access to that folder. Then they could change the files,but they would not have access to cpanel for mail changes, script installs, etc.

Hope this helps.

I am having terminology problems with some of the replies on this and other threads. I am looking to host multiple web sites with different domain name that may be DNS hosted at a different location. Does the Baby Gator account do name based virtual hosting (Apache term) and does the Baby Gator account get a dedicated static IP address to do this with?

So:
I have 3 domains parked at Hoster1 (a.com, etc), 5 domains parked at Hoster2, and 1 at Hoster3. I have full DNS control at all three hosters and can point the DNS A (address) records any place. I would assume that this would be a dedicated static IP on the HG-Baby account. I would then set up the “add-on domain” to accept the names for all the sites (a.com, etc)? Each add-on has it’s own web root? I would not need to transfer the DNS hosting until a later time if I choose?

Thanks

[Serra]

I would assume that this would be a dedicated static IP on the HG-Baby account.

No, you could buy a dedicated IP address, but other wise, you will be on a shared IP address. Keep in mind that the baby account can only have ONE IP address and ONE SSL certificate.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I have 3 domains parked at Hoster1 (a.com, etc), 5 domains parked at Hoster2, and 1 at Hoster3.

Either you don't understand the term "Parked" or you have no idea how to use it. A parked domain is a domain that is in an account, but is not the main domain on that account. Obviously, parked or not, it doesn't matter, they will no longer be parked where they are after you move them.

If you mean to say, "Registered", then what you are saying is that you have 9 domains registered. Can they all point to HG, the answer is yes.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I have full DNS control at all three hosters and can point the DNS A (address) records any place.

Yea, again, why would you be missing with A records? Just change the nameserver. If you start creating/changing A records you are going to end up with a mess.

I would then set up the “add-on domain” to accept the names for all the sites (a.com, etc)? Each add-on has it’s own web root?

Yes and no. You would set them up as addon domains. You would have ONE web root and 8 folders in that web root, one for each of the other 8 domains. From the cPanel side, you would have one account and could see all 8 domain folders and your web root. From the web, you would have 9 websites. (all with the same IP address, but different names)

I would not need to transfer the DNS hosting until a later time if I choose?

DNS Hosting? You mean the domain account? No, you never need to transfer the domain, it can stay where it is. You would only move it if you want HG to bill you and not someone else. It doesn't matter and I'm sure it isn't a profit center for HG.