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Web Site Pointing - FAQ
What is Web Site Pointing?
Is there an additional fee for Web Site Pointing?
What is URL Redirection?
What is URL Frame?
What is IP Address Pointing
Do I have to use your nameservers to use Web Site Pointing?
How Can I Set Up Web Site Pointing And IP Address Pointing
What is Web Site Pointing? Top
If you already have web content or are creating content, you can point your domain to any other web site or IP address on the Internet. There ere are three powerful options for Web Site Pointing - URL Redirection, URL Frame and IP Address Pointing.Is there an additional fee for Web Site Pointing? Top
No, this is an added powerful free feature beyond your domain registration when you use our nameservers.What is URL Redirection? Top
Your domain is pointed to a specific web site on the Internet and the destination web site address appears in the browser.What is URL Frame? Top
Your domain is pointed to a specific web site on the Internet and your domain name appears in the browser. This increases perception of your domain name and helps brand your site.What is IP Address Pointing Top
Your domain is pointed to a specific IP Address that you have been given by a hosting company or other source.Do I have to use your nameservers to use Web Site Pointing? Top
Your domain must use our nameservers to take advantage of the free web site URL redirection and IP address pointing. You can choose to use outside nameservers for any domain you would like to, but then we lose control of the domain pointing and email forwarding features.How Can I Set Up Web Site Pointing And IP Address Pointing Top
Login in to your domain control panel and scroll to the "Hosts" section.Put in the following text on the top two lines in this section for the domain control panel. Type or select what is in quotations for each corresponding column:
1)
Hostname: "www"
Address: "@"
RecordType: "CNAME (Alias)"
Mx Pref: "10"
(The above record insures that web surfers will be able to access your site
when they type in your domain name with or without the "www" before
yourname.com)
2)
Hostname: "@"
Address: "actual web site or page - http://www.yourname.com/index.htm
or http://www.yourname.com"
RecordType: "URL Redirect" or "URL Frame" (see note below)
Mx Pref: "10"
(The above record redirects your domain name to another page on the web -
URL Redirect keeps the web page address in the browser / URL Frame keeps
your domain name in the browser - this is your choice)
Please note that when you change nameservers it can take 12-36 hours for the
change to become live or propogated across the Internet. The changes that
you make described above in the "Hosts" section can be pre-configured, so
they will take place as soon as the nameserver information has been updated
in the whois database.
Future changes or updates to website redirection and/or email forwarding
with no changes in the nameservers may take only 1-4 hours to update
(sometimes these changes are updated within 5-10 minutes) - because the
information remains on the our nameservers.
This is what it should look like when you're finished:
Hostname
Address
Record Type
MX Pref
1)
2)
IP Address Pointing
(Another option instead of "URL Redirect" or "URL Frame" is to select "A
(Address)" for the Record Type. This is only used when you want to point
your domain name directly to a specific "IP Address". If you use this
option, in the Address column, type in the exact numerical IP address.
