New site not appearing

[Ghislain]

Hi - i have bought XY at namecheap, and used infinitefree to get a simple page hosted. Some info for you to help debug:

1. my index.html Page + logo are loaded into the htdocs folder, and I can see it without issues when i try http://bv.infinityfreeapp.com/?i=1
2. My namecheap settings are as follows : A record @ 185.27.134.127 and CNAME www mydomain. 185.27.134.127 is what I see in my infinitefree dashboard as the “website IP”
3. When trying mydomain in chrome, the page doesn’t load, and I get an ads page instead. And my antivirus is sending so many alerts on that page…

It’s been 20 h or so. I know I am supposed to wait up to 72h for the site to be seen, but what I see is NOT what is suggested in the help center :

"Instead you may see:

An advertisements page, with ?z being added to the URL.
An error saying “This site can’t be reached”

Any idea ? Thoughts on what has gone wrong ?

Thanks a ton.

[Ghislain]

To complement my post : on point 2, here is the link that shows up : https://suspended-website.com/index.php?host=mydomain, that morphs quickly into iFastNet.com Special offer and Discount Coupon

It’s not “An advertisements page, with ?z being added to the URL.”

So i am a bit lost to be honest.

thanks.

[KangJL]

@Ghislain

My namecheap settings are as follows : A record @ 185.27.134.127 and CNAME www mydomain. 185.27.134.127 is what I see in my infinitefree dashboard as the “website IP”

I see this

Since domain is not added to hosting account,

@Ghislain

the link that shows up : https://suspended-website.com/index.php?host=mydomain, that morphs quickly into iFastNet.com Special offer and Discount Coupon

this is expected.

You can do this

How to point your domain name to InfinityFree nameservers

Before adding your domain name to your hosting account, you need to point it to the InfinityFree nameservers. This guide will walk you through the necessary steps using Spaceship as an example. Keep in mind that different domain registrars have different interfaces, so the exact steps may vary. Step 0: Find the correct nameservers Before changing your nameservers, you need to determine which nameservers to use. The appropriate nameservers depend on your account type: For new accounts or exist…

then add domain to hosting account.

Let us know when this is done

[Ghislain]

Thanks a lot.

I tried to update the nameserver on namecheap, but they are asking for a IP address, not sthg like ns1.infinityfree.com. Copilot told me that the correct IP address is for ns1 : 45.79.148.3, so I used that.

Then I tried to register the domain on hosting account as you suggested. It’s asking me to validate, preferred option is with ns infinityfree.com which does not seem to work (see above), so I used the bottom method (CNAM validation).

It’s done on namecheap, but nothing is working so far. The validation is not captured and I have the ads page back.

Thanks for your help !

[KangJL]

@Ghislain

I tried to update the nameserver on namecheap, but they are asking for a IP address, not sthg like ns1.infinityfree.com. Copilot told me that the correct IP address is for ns1 : 45.79.148.3, so I used that.

Read my earlier post.
You are definitely not following the instructions

[Ghislain]

Apologies for my (lack of knowledge). I tried to follow your instructions.
I followed the link you sent, and tried to do what is needed. They use an example (spaceship) with a registar that accepts ns1infinityfreecom and ns2infinityfreecom as nameservers. Namecheap does NOT allow for these (or at least I couldn’t find where to add these in), and is asking for an IP address instead. That’s where i used the IP address given by copilot instead of ns1infinityfreecom and ns2infinityfreecom (dots omitted as I cannot post too many links as a newbie on this forum)

Is this where you feel I don’t follow what you shared ?

Thank you.

[JxstErg1]

On your case you might have to follow these instructions, changing the nameservers from Namecheap BasicDNS to CustomDNS before putting our nameservers in:

How to Change DNS For a Domain - Domains - Namecheap.com

That page you showed on your screenshot might be the one for glue records instead.

[Ghislain]

I was indeed in the advanced DNS section, not in the Domain DNS section, I think that’s the reason. I was then able to change the nameservers to ns1.infinityfree.com and ns2.infinityfree.com.

I’m just waiting for it to propagate as it’s still not reflected on infinityfree’s domain checker.

Thanks !

[Ghislain]

It works fine now, thanks so much !

Cheers - G.