Manage parked domains

The Parked Domain Maintenance menu allows you to add parked domains to your account. A parked domain allows you to reach your domain when entering the name of the parked domain into a browser. You can use a parked domain to allow multiple spellings of a domain name to access a single domain.

Adding a parked domain - Watch the movie

Steps

1 To access the Parked Domain Maintenance menu, click on the  icon above the words Parked Domains on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2 To add a parked domain, enter the name of the domain in the blank field next to New Domain Name: , and click on Add Domain.

Note: If the parked domain was added successfully, the following will appear (except it will contain information about your domains and servers) :

Created DNS entry for domain2.com

Setup Mail forward domain2.com -> domain1.com

Setup domain2.com OK

Adding httpd.conf entry for domain2.com to point to domain1.com

 

Troubleshooting

Make sure to register the parked domain with a valid domain registrar or else it will not work.

Removing parked domains - Watch the movie

The Parked Domain Maintenance menu allows you to remove parked domains to your account. If a parked domain is no longer necessary, you can remove it without removing the main domain.

Steps

1 To access the Parked Domain Maintenance menu, click on the  icon above the words Parked Domains on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2 To remove a parked domain, select the domain from the drop box next to Remove Parked Domain, and click on Remove Domain!

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