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Using your temporary URL

When visitors view your website, their request is referred to a nameserver that indicates the physical location or IP address of your domain. When you move your domain to a new IP address the nameservers around the world must be notified of the change. This process of notification is referred to as propagation.

Propagation typically takes 48 to 72 hours. During this time traffic to your domain will go to your old IP address or your new IP address. To keep your site from appearing as down you will want to keep your old hosting account active until the domain propagation ends. After the domain propagation has ended all trafic to your domain will go to your new IP address with Briohost.

You can use your temporary URL to publish your Web site before traffic is sent to your new IP address with BrioHost. Your temporary URL is just another way of accessing your site until your domain name has fully propagated throughout the Internet. After your domain has finished propagating, the information you see with your temporary URL is the same information that will display for your domain.

Your Temporary URL:
http://[servername].dnsprotect.net/[yourdomain.com]/

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