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So I am making a site for a local transmission company. I bought the site through GoDaddy like I always have...I am using HostGator as the space provided. I pointed the domain to hostgator and began making the website. I go to the site () and its no longer blank. Its like an odd search type ad system that a lot of mistyped sites are directed to. I go to the ftp area and I upload a "working in progress" basic index html file. The ads are not replaced. This crap just wont go away. can someone please help?

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A short troubleshooting checklist that follows on from and : the parked/ad page is almost always a DNS/registrar or caching symptom, not an FTP problem. Since uploaded an index and some visitors now see the site content while others still see a parking page, use the steps below to isolate whether this is propagation, registrar forwarding, wrong document root on the host, or local/ISP caching.

  1. Verify registrar settings — confirm nameservers point to HostGator and that no URL/domain forwarding/parking is enabled in the GoDaddy control panel.
  2. Confirm DNS from other resolvers: run a lookup against a public DNS (example) to ensure the domain resolves to your HostGator IP: 
nslookup montgomerytransmissionspecialist-al.com 8.8.8.8
  1. Test the site directly on the host (bypass DNS) by temporarily adding a hosts entry on your machine (replace the IP with your HostGator server IP): 
123.123.123.123 montgomerytransmissionspecialist-al.com www.montgomerytransmissionspecialist-al.com

Remove that hosts entry after testing.
4) Flush local caches: browser cache and DNS cache (Windows: ipconfig /flushdns).
5) Confirm hosting config: the domain must be added to cPanel (primary or addon) and the site files must be in that domain's document root; check file name (index.html, index.php) and basic permissions.
6) Inspect HTTP headers to see which server is responding (use curl -I http://yourdomain) — a redirect or a GoDaddy header will reveal who is serving the page.

If DNS looks correct from multiple locations but public users still get the parking page after a reasonable wait, contact HostGator and the registrar with the domain, the expected A record IP, and a timestamped screenshot of your uploaded index.

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i deleted everything in the public html folder and just put the index

nothing is changing

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http://help.godaddy.com/article/788

godaddy : 5-7 days for domain name registraion transfer of nameserver update

Do you think that it's relevant? Dont think I'm being a smart-butt lol I am just wondering if it is. On the GoDaddy domain area in my account it shows the name servers as being different.

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pauses to avoid being sarcastic. . . . .

  • name servers map canonical names to ip

I bought the site through GoDaddy like I always have...
I am using HostGator as the space provided.
I pointed the domain to hostgator and began making the website.

the canonical name for your site is registered at godaddy
mapping the name to the host is propogated from godaddy
usual delay is 24-72 hours
for some reason at the moment godaddy help screens suggest 5-7 days (worst case) in propgating name server changes, hosting changes, et al, before the site will be accessible from http: //canonical name

if that is not significant in not being able to access more than the default 'parking' address,
WTF is

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It now says the site is under construction, in a single line at the top.

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Shalomalom is that your .index.html

This site is currently under construction. Please return within 37 hours to view home on the web!

if yes, the nameservers are updated, and x-fingers everything should work from now

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