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What Is a Domain Name?

Short answer: Your domain name is your address on the internet — the thing people type to reach you, and the part after the @ in your email. It usually represents your company name or brand. Ours is www.infosaic.com. Domain registration is included free with any annual hosting package for .com, .net, .org and .info…

SSL Certificate Site Seal Graphics

Short answer: If you bought a Comodo or RapidSSL certificate through us, the site seal graphic and the HTML that displays it come from the certificate issuer, not from Infosaic. Open a support ticket from controlpanel.infosaic.com and we will send you the current link for your certificate — the issuers move these pages, so a…

Do I Need a Dedicated IP Address?

Short answer: Usually not. You run your site by domain name, not by IP address, and shared hosting works perfectly well without one. The exception is a dedicated SSL certificate, which does require a dedicated IP. They are $12/year, or included if you buy an SSL certificate from us, or with VPS and dedicated hosting….

How Do I Set Up an SSL Certificate?

Short answer: Buy the certificate from us and we assign a dedicated IP address and install it for you — choose from RapidSSL, Comodo SSL or a Comodo Essential Wildcard. Prefer your own certificate? Tell us, we create the certificate request, you buy the certificate, and we install it. Bringing an existing certificate works too,…

How Do I Move My Site to Infosaic?

Short answer: Upload your site to the temporary URL we give you when you sign up and test it there. Set up your email on our mail server. Then point your domain at dns1.yournameservers.net and dns2.yournameservers.net. Upload by FTP, through the Advanced File Manager, or straight from your development tool. Most sites we can move…