====== Configuring your virtual host(s) ======
A virtual host is a website that is hosted on your HTTP server. A single HTTP server can host multiple websites, all at the same time, hence the term 'virtual'.

During the configuration of your HTTP server, you are asked to provide a "Host Name" (and a "root directory" if you are using the "Advanced server administrator mode"). 

**The "Host name" is the name of the website without the "%%http://%%" at the beginning.** 

For example:

^    A records for example.com            ^        Host Name         ^     URL (website home page)       ^
|@ 28800 IN A 123.123.123.123               |example.com               |%%http://example.net%%                 |
|www 28800 IN A 123.123.123.123             |%%www.example.com%%           |%%http://www.example.net%%             |
|cafex.freesites 28800 IN A 123.123.123.123 |%%eric.friends.example.com%%  |%%http://eric.friends.example.com%%  |





====== Configuring your Domains to point to your server ======
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In order for your website to be visible, you need to point your domain to the ip address of the server ([[en:hosting:manage-server:my-ip-address|where can I find this?]]). For example purposes, let's say this is 123.123.123.123.
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You will need to make your A records in the DNS management page for the domain being hosted, where you will need to add A records for each host name. 

For example, for the above examples to work, you would need to add the following A records in the DNS zone file for example.com:

  @ 28800 IN A 123.123.123.123   
  www 28800 IN A 123.123.123.123 
  cafex.freesites 28800 IN A 123.123.123.123

You are not limited to just one domain name. You can host anything you want. For example, you could host a website at %%http://www.example.com%%, and host your friend's website at %%http://www.friendswebsite.se%%, or even a provide free websites fot others while advertising yours, such as %%http://cafe.freesites.example.com%%!