I write PHP for an internal company website. So I don't have a lot of experience with Domain Names, Servers, IP Addresses etc.
I have been asked by a friend to change his website’s domain name. I am trying to do this for him but I haven’t had much luck.
He has both domain names registered. I have the login details to his 123-reg account. There seems to be no way that I can see to easily do this for him.
I have pinged his current website, it gives me an IP address. But when I enter the IP in to a URL, it doesn’t go to his website, it goes to a really unhelpful webpage.
http://hermes.krystal.co.uk/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi
When I enter the IP in to who.is, the details are for some random hosting company, Krystal Hosting.
I guess my question is... Is attaching a new domain name to an IP usually a relatively straight-forward process? If so, what am I not understanding?
Maybe it’s just the GUI for 123-reg that is making is so damn hard for a beginner?
I’m really confused!!