Monthly Archives: May, 2010
Add a custom message to your .com or .net whois records
You can now add a custom message to your .COM or .NET whois records. Simply log into your members panel (this is on the new interface) and click on "whois" for your domain on the "Domain Information" line. Then, for .COM and .NET domains (we cannot do this for other domains because the registries control [...]
New website front end and new blog CMS launched
The new easyDNS.com website went live earlier today. So far, so good. As we've stated before, we are opposed to "flash cuts", so we will not be moving all customer domains to the new member interface in one grand cataclysmic cutover. Instead, we ask that you become familiar with the new system, move a non-critical [...]
Nameserver delegations: less is more.
Some of you may notice that under the new system, we are delegating new domains to two nameservers instead of the historical six. Under the old system, we used this setup, which historically came from having 6 stand-alone nameservers: ns1.easydns.com ns2.easydns.com ns3.easydns.org remote1.easydns.com remote2.easydns.com ns6.easydns.net We then folded all of the above into a couple [...]
Let the barrage of updates begin.
We will be cutting over to the new front end website on Monday, at 11:00am EST. Interested parties can have a look at it now: http://web.easydns.com although there are still a few wrinkles to iron out. As most of you know, the new member user interface has been live for awhile and is accessible now. [...]
Beta interface maintenance Wednesday May 5th @ 10:00pm EST
Greetings, The EasyDNS systems administration team will be performing a brief maintenance on the "beta" DNS management interface this evening. Beginning tonight at 10:00pm EST, the work will cause intermittent outages between 10:00pm EST possibly extending to 2:00am EST on the morning of Thursday May 6th EST. During this window the beta site will appear for the [...]
.CO Domain International Sunrise now Available
We are now accepting orders for .CO Domain International Sunrise claims. (We previously mentioned the rollout of the .CO Top Level Domain here) This is for holders of registered trademarks, where the registration date is prior to July 31, 2008. The price for Sunrise claims is $300 USD, which covers the first year registration for [...]