Michael
06-20-2008, 03:42 AM
After you get a domain name with CirclePad it can take up to 48 hours for you (and everyone else in the world) to see your site.
If you want to make life simple, you can just wait 48 hours and then start using CirclePad. Everything should work great.
However if you want to understand what's happening in detail, this post is for you.
Why Does it Take 48 hours?
The internet has ALOT of servers and networking equipment that is used to lookup the name of your CirclePad site.
http://www.circlepad.com/cpGraphics/help/nameServers.gif
The second you finish getting a web site name with CirclePad, that information slowly starts spreading across the internet.
For this reason it's unpredictable how long it will take until "View Online" in CirclePad will see your site. For some people it will be as fast as 4 hours, for others it could take up to 48 and in rare cases even 72 hours.
After the root servers know about your site, it can be found in milliseconds from any networked computer in the world.
How Will I Know When My Site Is Ready?
You can check if your site is running by opening up CirclePad opening a page, and clicking "Save And View Online". If you can see your page, then the name has reached the servers you computer is checking on. You still want to wait a day until you email all your friends in other countries about your new site. Because even though you can see it, the servers near them may not know about it yet.
How Will I Know When My Email Is Ready?
Please note CirclePad email takes longer to spread across the internet than the site name. It's very common that email takes an extra day. To check if email is ready, click on the name of your web site on the top bar. In the picture below, the site name is "circlepad.biz"
http://www.circlepad.com/cpGraphics/help/WebSite.gif
When your email is ready you will see the buttons "Manage Email" and "Open Email". If it's not ready yet you won't see those buttons.
mysite.com is working but www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com) is not working?
Both these sites will work after the 72 hour period. Usually mysite.com will work first and then www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com) will work after that.
I've Waited More Than 48 And My Site Is Not Up.
Please contact support@circlepad.com, we will do some tests on your site to make sure everything is ok.
If you want to make life simple, you can just wait 48 hours and then start using CirclePad. Everything should work great.
However if you want to understand what's happening in detail, this post is for you.
Why Does it Take 48 hours?
The internet has ALOT of servers and networking equipment that is used to lookup the name of your CirclePad site.
http://www.circlepad.com/cpGraphics/help/nameServers.gif
The second you finish getting a web site name with CirclePad, that information slowly starts spreading across the internet.
For this reason it's unpredictable how long it will take until "View Online" in CirclePad will see your site. For some people it will be as fast as 4 hours, for others it could take up to 48 and in rare cases even 72 hours.
After the root servers know about your site, it can be found in milliseconds from any networked computer in the world.
How Will I Know When My Site Is Ready?
You can check if your site is running by opening up CirclePad opening a page, and clicking "Save And View Online". If you can see your page, then the name has reached the servers you computer is checking on. You still want to wait a day until you email all your friends in other countries about your new site. Because even though you can see it, the servers near them may not know about it yet.
How Will I Know When My Email Is Ready?
Please note CirclePad email takes longer to spread across the internet than the site name. It's very common that email takes an extra day. To check if email is ready, click on the name of your web site on the top bar. In the picture below, the site name is "circlepad.biz"
http://www.circlepad.com/cpGraphics/help/WebSite.gif
When your email is ready you will see the buttons "Manage Email" and "Open Email". If it's not ready yet you won't see those buttons.
mysite.com is working but www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com) is not working?
Both these sites will work after the 72 hour period. Usually mysite.com will work first and then www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com) will work after that.
I've Waited More Than 48 And My Site Is Not Up.
Please contact support@circlepad.com, we will do some tests on your site to make sure everything is ok.