HostMonster Web Hosting Package

HostMonster server (the one hostmonstersecretrevealed.com hosted) was down yesterday evening due to power failure. However it was nothing serious as they were able to shut down server using backup power and restore the services lighting speed.

Everything’s just fine as normal now.

A quick notification email was sent to me when the incident happened - credit to their honesty and sense of responsible in HostMonster.

On Thu, 7/17/08, ‘HostMonster.Com Support’ <support@hostmonster.com> wrote:

From: ‘HostMonster.Com Support’ <support@hostmonster.com>
Subject: HOSTMONSTER.COM: Server outage for hostmonstersecretrevealed.com
To: <edited for privacy>
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 9:18 AM

Due to a catastrophic power failure, some HostMonster servers are currently without power. hostmonstersecretrevealed.com is currently hosted on one of these servers. Rocky Mountain Power is working to replace hardware as quickly as possible. The current ETA from Rocky Mountain Power is 7:30pm MST. This outage is affecting most of Orem, Utah making it a top priority.

The outage occurred approximately 5pm MST. We were able to prevent data loss as the server you are on was safely shut down under backup power. We apologize for any inconvenience and will have your service restored as quickly as possible.

Hostmonster Support

Sometimes, a server outage is out of the web host’s control (such as power outage) - the good thing with the incident is that they (HostMonster) are responding lighting fast and more over, being honest and responsible to their customers.

Not many knew that Hostmonster and Bluehost are working under the same roof at Orem, Utah.

HostMonster location on Google Map:

BlueHost location on Google Map

Same address! Surprise?

Well, the fact is these two shared web hosting and domain registration companies have combined their hosting platforms since September 2007. The merger lead BlueHost/HosMonster Inc. surpass the 525,000 active domain mark in year 2007.

If you search and read detail enough, you’ll notice that it’s not just the registration address of BlueHost and HostMonster are located in the same location; the physical servers and dedicated personnel are as well in place for both companies - having the management team and most of the support staff work on both platforms. You won’t be surprise these two hosting companies have added certain new features including new spam protection, coupons for free PPC advertising credits, powerful shopping carts and merchant account services since the merger.

I guess this explains why the hosting plan of Bluehost and Hostmonster is kinda similar, huh?

To learn more about Bluehost, please visit http://www.bluehost.com

To learn more about Hostmonster, please visit http://www.hostmonster.com

What’s a DNS?

The Domain Name System or DNS is a system that stores information about host names and domain names in a kind of distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. It can be also known as a computer program running on a web server, translating domain names into IP addresses.

What basically you need to know is that DNS is the answer when you want to link your domain to your web hosting.

When will I need to transfer my DNS?

You will need to change your DNS registration when you are switching your web hosting services.

How do I change the DNS to HostMonster?

Assuming that your domain is registered with GoDaddy, here’s what you need to do.

Check out the hosting account information in the email you got from HostMonster. You should be able to find information on the ‘name servers’ of your account. Normally it will be something like ns1.hostmonster.com and ns2.hostmonster.com.

Memorize that number and go to Godaddy.

Login to your account onec your are in and find your way to ‘Manage Domains’ > ‘Domain Control Center’ > ‘Name servers’.

On the prompt out, you’ll see three selections for your default name servers setting. Default Hosting Nameservers is for those who host their website on GoDaddy, Default Parked Nameservers is for those who parked their domain with GoDaddy, and what you want, is to select the Custom Nameserver here.

The proceduer will lead you to a series of input box, where you will be inputing the nameservers (ns1.hostmonster and ns2.hostmonster in our example) that you memorized earlier.

Once you are done, click ‘Go’ to save the changes made and you are done. The change of nameserver might take an hour or two to be completely effective so do not panic when you are not seeing your website showing up properly. In case you are hosting the website somewhere else previously, I would suggest you to hold the account live for a few days before you shut everything off and switch to HostMonster.