HF PanelDomains
The Control Panel's domain tools — add websites and subdomains, point your domain here, SSL certificates, DNS records and domain names.
The Domains group of the Control Panel holds everything about your domain names: adding them to your account, pointing them to the server, securing them with SSL and editing their DNS records.
Where: Control Panel › Domains
Getting a domain online
A new domain usually goes through these steps:
- Add it on Domains. It gets its own website folder and, when the server runs email, email.
- Point it to the server: DNS setup shows the nameservers to set at your registrar, or the records to add at your current DNS provider.
- Wait for free SSL: AutoSSL adds a certificate by itself within minutes of the domain pointing here. See SSL/TLS.
Screens in this group
| Screen | What you do there |
|---|---|
| Domains | add domains, subdomains and parked domains; change a website's folder |
| DNS setup | see what DNS your domain needs, checked live |
| SSL/TLS | free and wildcard certificates, your own certificate, always https:// |
| Domain names & SSL | register or transfer domains and buy paid certificates — only when your hosting provider sells them |
| DNS zone editor | add, change and delete DNS records; DNSSEC |
| DNS templates & import | apply a template, import or paste records, export a zone |
| Dynamic DNS | a name that follows a changing IP address |
Note: DNS zone editor, DNS templates & import and Dynamic DNS are only in the menu when the server runs DNS. Your hosting plan can also leave screens out.