Default server page shows when domain type set to parked domain

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my domain is dianascreen.com
I have added domain diana.public.abelscreen.com as a parked domain
I have pointed diana.public.abelscreen.com to 216.194.166.166 on Dotster a week ago
When I ping diana.public.abelscreen.com it resolves to 216.194.166.166 (my ip address)
In several browser and computers i get server not found
Using 216.194.166.166 in a browser I get the default server page
I have a index.html in the web root
What else do I do to get my index.html to show.
Dan
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Hello Dan, Thanks for the question and sorry for the problem with the parked domain. The issue actually has to do with that domain type. A parked domain is a re-direct, meaning it's not meant to display its own display page, but another location. If you're actually trying to display a web page, then it should be set to an add-on domain or subdomain . Currently, the IP (216.194.166.166) is pointed to the server, so since you assigned a parked domain to it, the server is basically trying to re-direct to that IP and show a web page which does not exist. This is why the server page is showing. If you want to show a web page, then you would create a subdomain/add-on domain and then add the index page to the files for that subdomain/add-on domain. The server then will know to look for the files and display them.