Background of the problem
Vornix.blog domain is currently unavailable. This is due to a verification process needed by ICANN (the Internet domain name authority) and our domain name provider is in the process of resolving this. Normally, such a situation should not arise, but our domain name provider is obviously sleeping on their job and failed to provide timely verification.
As they work with ICANN, we are expecting a prolonged downtime of 24-48 hours.
Suggested workaround
In the meantime, for Vornix users who are urgently requiring to use their Vornix blog, we have a workaround for you to access your blog.
Vornix.blog and all subdomains (eg; steemituser.vornix.blog) are unavailable at the moment. Public DNS servers are not resolving the domain name. However, the servers at our hosting provider are still up and running properly.
Therefore, Vornix users can manually add a DNS record to your own localhost and bypass the public nameserver
The IP address of the server is 162.241.225.27
Instructions
- Open the file
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hostswith Notepad. (For Mac users,sudo vi /etc/hosts) - You may need to open with Administrator rights (Right click on the Notepad icon and select Run as Administrator)
- Add the below line to the bottom of this file
162.241.225.27 yoursteemuser.vornix.blog
(replace yoursteemuser with your own steemit name)
hosts file from - Save and close the file.(For Mac users,
:wq!in the vi editor to save the change.) - You can now access
yoursteemuser.vornix.blogwith browser
This method will works for most users who are not using a outgoing proxy server. Also, this is just a workaround to access own Vornix domain on the particular computer with this trick applied, meaning your blog would be down for the external visitors before the issue was resolved by our domain provider.
For troubleshooting, please contact us at Discord https://discord.gg/N22zv3D
Posted from my blog with SteemPress : https://vornix.blog/2018/12/11/workaround-alternate-method-to-access-your-vornix-blog/