Help needed with cPanel and expired domain

**alley** · August 19th, 2012, 14:21

Ok, I got in to my FTP and all of my files are still there so that's a good thing, but how can I use that IP address to view my website online?

**Seraphim** · August 19th, 2012, 14:27

It probably won't let you. Sometimes if you put http://(ip) in your web browser, the server's configuration will display a particular site as the default site for that IP.

But in this case it looks like it doesn't, trying the IPs instead gives a 404 page.

**wswd** · August 19th, 2012, 14:38

If the server is set up to allow you to, you can try http://ipaddress/~username using whatever your account name is on the server. I didn't see it listed in the welcome email. Perhaps crapvine? If the server is not set up to allow access that way, you will not be able to view your website.

**alley** · August 19th, 2012, 14:44

I just can't believe that cPanel wouldn't have some kind of an option to change your domain from a top level to a sub domain when domain names expire as I'm sure this kind of problem happens to people all of the time.

**wswd** · August 19th, 2012, 17:19

Originally Posted by alley

I just can't believe that cPanel wouldn't have some kind of an option to change your domain from a top level to a sub domain when domain names expire as I'm sure this kind of problem happens to people all of the time.

cPanel does have that option, it just isn't enabled on your account. Normally it's the reseller and above that would have that ability.