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Add a domain name to your server

No Comments 01 April 2010

This guide is the first tutorial out of five on “how to setup wordpress site” and shows you how to add a new domain name in your media temple (mt) server.

Add Domain within the AccountCenter

In order for your newly added domain to propogate correctly you must also add a zone file for your new domain. This zone file allows Media Temple (mt) nameservers, ns1.mediatemple.net and ns2.mediatemple.net, to properly route your domain to your (dv) server. The following steps will show you how to accomplish this:

1) Log into your (mt) AccountCenter .

2) Select “Add New” from the “Domains” drop-down menu.

3) Type in your domain name in the blank field, e.g. mt-example.com, not www.mt-example.com

4) Check only the “Add Domain to a new or existing service” box and click “Next”.

5) On the next screen select the radio button for your (dv) server and choose the applicable IP Address in the “Choose IP” drop-down box.

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