Hosting
.co.za & .org.za Domain Transfer Request
Domains are updated or transferred via a voting process, with a voting ticket sent by the current registrar to the Registrant email address for the domain. This is the only email address authorised to accept the transfer. Accept a transfer request: ...
What is SSL?
In this day and age, private is not so private anymore. Fraud, identity theft and all kinds of cybercrime increase every year! We need to be aware of this continually and secure all our most valued possessions – your website is no different. The ...
What is a domain?
A domain name is a sequence of letters and/or numbers separated by one or more periods (e.g. “pathfindmedia.com”). It acts as a pointer to a unique numerical address (IP) on a computer network such as the internet. A domain name always ends with an ...
The four elements of the hosting environment
There are four elements when it comes to hosting, namely: 1. Domain Name Registration; 2. DNS (Domain Name System); 3. Website Hosting; and 4. Email Hosting. These four elements could all be managed by the same entity, or it can be managed by four ...
Domain propagation
All websites have their files (images, content, databases etc) housed on a web server inside a data centre. This web server has its very own IP address. However, in addition to web servers, there are also thousands of DNS servers in the world. When ...