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    Domain names - what's the deal?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Jedi Amanda, Apr 7, 2004.

  1. Jedi Amanda

    Jedi Amanda Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello

    Please help out a newbie.

    I haven some doubts about registering a domain name. I have a free web page. Let's call it www.freewebs.com/mysite

    If you go to a registering company like register.com or godaddy.com, and register a domain name say myname.com, how do I make sure that when people enter www.myname.com in their browser, it takes them to www.freewebs.com/mysite?


    When registering, do I just enter my free web site name like www.freewebsw.com/mysite?

    Can you explain this to me?

    Thanks in advance

     
    Jedi Amanda, Apr 7, 2004
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    You need to register the root, domainname.com. You can set up a redirect, no problem. The setup will vary a bit based on the serving environment.

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    Brian, Apr 7, 2004
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  3. Jedi Amanda

    Jedi Amanda Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks Brian.

    Lets say I try to register www.myname.com Now, what info do I need to register? Apart from the asddress of my web site, will i need something called a DNS? Is that a must or not necessary

    Can't i just register www.myname.com and say forward to www.freewebs.com/mysite?

    Thanks
     
    Jedi Amanda, Apr 8, 2004
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  4. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    Yes, you can forward the main domain to a directory of another domain, though I'm not sure it makes sense to do so. Why even obtain a sepereate domain in the first place?

    Editor in Chief http://www.bargainPDA.com and http://www.SPOTstop.com
     
    Brian, Apr 8, 2004
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