Todd,

So I took your advice and pointed my domain hitechspirit.com to the NameServers you have listed. It took 24 hours - which was to be expected.

Then I signed up with HostGator. They sent me an email after 30 minutes listing different NameServers. This confused in several ways. First I didn't know if I should change the NameServers or will they?? I wrote them an email and I am waiting to hear from them.

Anyway I could not wait. So I plunged ahead - I wanted to blog an entry after all!

I went to CPanel and clicked on Fantastico and saw the whole list of wonderful software on the left("Scripts") . I almost felt like a kid in a candy-shop.

Anyway I choose SMF (Simple Machines Forum) in Discussion Forums, and installed it. Within Fantastico screen, I clicked "Visit Site."

This is where I got disappointed. It showed none of SMF's graphics. All I saw was Text and it didn't look appealing. I am using Firefox 2.0.0.4. I fiddled with the NoScript and similar settings, but nothing changed. (I tried a few other sites in other tabs and every other site formatted properly.)

Also, when I typed HiTechSpirit.com directly in another tab in the browser URL, I got a Page Not Found page. This was another puzzle. (Maybe its because they are changing the NameServers?)

Anyway, since Fantastico made it so simple, I decided to experiment. I Removed SMF. This felt powerful!! Then I installed PhpBB. With great expectations I clicked on "Visit Site." But I got the 404 Page Not Found.

I tweaked browser settings again but to no avail. I realized I must be doing something wrong maybe. I decided to call it a night and look into it tomorrow.

.. Raj