I have an Aplus.Net hosting plan for my registered domain, but Trellix SiteBuilder always publishes to http://username.web.aplus.net.

Answer by: Frédérique Taillefer, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

When you design and publish your website using Trellix SiteBuilder, you will see the following message:

Congratulations! Your web site has been published.

Visitors can find it at this location (URL): http://username.web.aplus.net

Trellix SiteBuilder does not operate on your actual registered domain name, but on your utility domain name (i.e. username.web.aplus.net). The reason for that setting is that domains do not always resolve, whereas the utility domain resolves from the moment that your Aplus.Net account is created. The fact that Trellix SiteBuilder operates on your utility domain allows you to begin designing your website just moments after you purchased your account with Aplus.Net.

However, this does not mean that your site will only be accessible through a browser at http://username.web.aplus.net. Indeed, both your utility domain and the registered domain hosted on your Aplus.Net account point to the same location on Aplus.Net’s servers, therefore enabling access to your website through both your registered domain and your utility domain.

For more information on how to use Trellix, refer to the Trellix Training Guide.