For your site to be visible on the Internet, your domain must be fully registered and pointing to Netfirms nameservers (ns1.netfirms.com and ns2.netfirms.com). If you recently registered your domain name with Netfirms, then your domain is automatically set to point to the Netfirms nameservers. For instructions on how to transfer your domain to Netfirms and point the domain to Netfirms, refer to the following: http://support.netfirms.com/article.php?id=032 .
NOTE: Please allow up to 72 hours (standard propagation time) for your domain to fully propagate throughout the Internet.
IMPORTANT: If you have added a domain to your account and it is being forwarded to /www/yourdomain.com/ folder, then place your index.htm inside /www/yourdomain.com/ (where yourdomain.com is your registered domain hosted at Netfirms. This will overwrite our default index.htm file and as a result, your homepage will be visible on your Website.
Should you continue to experience problems with viewing the site, we recommend that you clear your browser's cache. Below are instructions for clearing the cache of both an Internet Explorer and a Netscape web browser.
Internet Explorer
1. Go to Tools
2. Select Internet Options
3. Click on the General Tab
4. Click on the Delete button found in the Temporary Internet files section
5. Finally refresh your page for the new changes to take affect.
To view a demo on how to clear your browser's cache via Internet Explorer, please click Clearing cache in Internet Explorer.
Netscape
1. Go to Edit
2. Preferences -> Double click on Advanced (On left hand side)
3. Click on Cache
4. Then click on both Clear Memory Cache and Clear Disk Cache
5. Finally refresh your page for the new changes to take affect
To view a demo on how to clear your browser's cache via Netscape, please click Clearing cache in Netscape.
AOL Browser
1. On the Settings menu on the AOL toolbar, click on Preferences.
2. In the Organization section of the Preferences window, click on Internet Properties (WWW).
3. In the Temporary Internet Files section, click on Delete Files.
4. Click OK.
To view a demo on how to clear your browser's cache via AOL, please click Clearing cache in AOL.
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