misc:pushing_live
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revision Previous revision Next revision | Previous revision | ||
|
misc:pushing_live [2016/05/06 01:36] diane |
misc:pushing_live [2020/05/28 19:13] (current) michaels |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | #redirect https://support.realgeeks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037851434 | ||
| + | |||
| ====== Before You Go Live ====== | ====== Before You Go Live ====== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Please avoid making these changes overnight or over the weekend, as the support team will not be available to finalize the changes. | ||
| ==== FIRST, Are you approved? ==== | ==== FIRST, Are you approved? ==== | ||
| Line 5: | Line 9: | ||
| We will need to receive approval from your MLS. If you had already submitted the approval forms to your MLS, please [[https://www.realgeeks.com/support/|contact support]] and we will check if we received a confirmation email from them. If we didn't receive one, please check with your MLS regarding the status of approval. | We will need to receive approval from your MLS. If you had already submitted the approval forms to your MLS, please [[https://www.realgeeks.com/support/|contact support]] and we will check if we received a confirmation email from them. If we didn't receive one, please check with your MLS regarding the status of approval. | ||
| - | ==== SECOND, are you using email at your domain name? ==== | + | ==== SECOND, are you using email as your domain name? If so, YOUR EMAIL WILL GO DOWN IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US.==== |
| [[https://www.realgeeks.com/support/|Contact Support]] if you will be using email through the domain name we are hosting. \\ | [[https://www.realgeeks.com/support/|Contact Support]] if you will be using email through the domain name we are hosting. \\ | ||
| - | For example, if your site with RealGeeks is yourdomain.com and your email address is me@yourdomain.com, you will need to contact us to set up your [[https://www.google.com/support/enterprise/static/postini/docs/admin/en/activate/mx_faq.html|MX records]]. | + | * For example, if your site with RealGeeks is __yourdomain.com__ and your email address is __me@yourdomain.com__, you will need to contact us to set up your MX records. |
| ===== What Are MX Records? ===== | ===== What Are MX Records? ===== | ||
| Line 20: | Line 24: | ||
| ====== Taking Your Site Live ====== | ====== Taking Your Site Live ====== | ||
| - | Pushing a site live consists of setting your site's name servers to ours: | + | Pushing a site live consists of setting all four of your site's name servers to ours: |
| - | + | ||
| - | * ns.rackspace.com | + | |
| - | * ns2.rackspace.com | + | |
| + | * ns1.rgnameserver.com | ||
| + | * ns2.rgnameserver.com | ||
| + | * ns3.rgnameserver.com | ||
| + | * ns4.rgnameserver.com | ||
| ===== Changing Name Servers ===== | ===== Changing Name Servers ===== | ||
| Changing name servers is something you must do to take your site live. You do this through your domain registrar. Please contact your domain registrar for instructions, as this is something we cannot assist you with. | Changing name servers is something you must do to take your site live. You do this through your domain registrar. Please contact your domain registrar for instructions, as this is something we cannot assist you with. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Make sure to delete your old name servers when you put in the new ones. You should only have ns.rackspace.com and ns2.rackspace.com as your name servers when you are all finished. | ||
| Here are a few guides for common registrars: | Here are a few guides for common registrars: | ||
| Line 37: | Line 39: | ||
| * [[https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-can-i-change-the-nameservers-for-my-domain|NameCheap]] | * [[https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-can-i-change-the-nameservers-for-my-domain|NameCheap]] | ||
| * [[https://www.name.com/support/articles/205934547-Changing-Your-Name-Servers|Name.com]] | * [[https://www.name.com/support/articles/205934547-Changing-Your-Name-Servers|Name.com]] | ||
| - | * [[http://www.domain.com/|Domain.com]] | + | * [[https://support.placester.com/hc/en-us/articles/209945853-Using-your-Domain-com-Domain|Domain.com]] |
| + | * [[https://support.google.com/domains/answer/3290309?hl=en|Google.com]] | ||
| Once your site is live, all administrative users should access your site backend from yourdomain.com/admin. You may still have access to your development site, yourdomain.realgeeks.com, however, you should discontinue its use as the development site will eventually be taken down as part of a routine clean-up. | Once your site is live, all administrative users should access your site backend from yourdomain.com/admin. You may still have access to your development site, yourdomain.realgeeks.com, however, you should discontinue its use as the development site will eventually be taken down as part of a routine clean-up. | ||
| + | ===== Final Step: Contact Support ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Once you have changed your nameservers, you will need to contact [[https://www.realgeeks.com/support/|support]] so that we can make the necessary changes on our end to push your site live. | ||
| + | **Please note** that these changes may take up to 24 hours to propagate.This is something we have no control over. If your site isn't live 24 hours after you have changed the nameservers, please reach out to us at [[https://www.realgeeks.com/support/|support]]. | ||
misc/pushing_live.1462498577.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/05/06 01:36 by diane
Page Tools
