hi guys, hope you dont mind me bothering you too. bit of a newb to managing a domain, apologies if i make no sense....so following the advice here i have in my CNAME records www.mysite.com pointed to slinkset.com and it that works
but i would also like mysite.com to point to my slinkset site, currently it points to one of my registrar - joker.com's pages. whose IP is listed in my a-record.
if i erase that a-record will mysite.com point to my slinkset site or do i need to add a new url as my a-record or what do i do?
I have been asking on forums for a book to learn all the aspects of domain management and i either get no response or flamed out of it and told to look for reliable online guides from legitimate sources and not books but i cant find any of them either so if anyone has a link to one i would appreciate it...peace!
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the interface at Joker.com.
I do know that CNAME root level domains can be a tricky thing. Some DNS providers allow it, some don't, and some make you CNAME everything if you do it (including the MX or mail records).
So you have 3 options:
- Figure out if you can CNAME the root domain as well. Sounds like you're commenting because you can't.
- Create an A record for the root domain to 208.43.164.194 -- This isn't perfect because we can't be sure our IP will always remain the same. It does seem pretty stable for a while though. If you go this route just make sure we have your email.
- Use your hosting provider's or some other web server to force the root domain to redirect to the www version.
thanks very much brett. i went with option 2. as you imagined, it wont allow me to cname the root domain, so i had to go this route. dont know what your option 3 means so hopefully i can find a good guide that will teach me about all these things soon. i have also own 3 other domains that i am going to url forward to my slinkset site that contain relevant search terms to the nature of my slink-set site. do you think there are any issues with doing this? and will i use the contact form to send you my email address? thanks again!
I'm not entirely sure what you mean with the other domains. Your slinkset site can only be severed on one domain for right now. The other domains could redirect there, I'm not sure how that would impact search terms. My understanding is that inbound links are what effects search the most.
As for the email address, just make sure the one on your account is correct (click on "My Account" in the upper right).
thanks again brett. i guess i was reading this article about forwarding domains and wondering of there is a way to implement its suggestions with your service.
"...Given enough time, you may find your site has been banned from the search engine index.
What's the solution?
Your domain names need to be routed from the domain name registrar to a hosting account - from the hosting account (and this varies - consult your technical support provider for the account) you'll need to set a Permanent Redirect to your main site.
A Permanent Redirect is logged as a code '301' (thence, it is often referred to as a '301 Permanent Redirect') - if you have multiple domain names which you wish to direct to a single site, it may be especially useful for you to consider a website hosting account which offers multiple add-on domains and subdomains to accommodate all the domain names you'll need to forward."
hi guys, hope you dont mind me bothering you too. bit of a newb to managing a domain, apologies if i make no sense....so following the advice here i have in my CNAME records www.mysite.com pointed to slinkset.com and it that works
but i would also like mysite.com to point to my slinkset site, currently it points to one of my registrar - joker.com's pages. whose IP is listed in my a-record.
if i erase that a-record will mysite.com point to my slinkset site or do i need to add a new url as my a-record or what do i do?
I have been asking on forums for a book to learn all the aspects of domain management and i either get no response or flamed out of it and told to look for reliable online guides from legitimate sources and not books but i cant find any of them either so if anyone has a link to one i would appreciate it...peace!
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Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the interface at Joker.com.
I do know that CNAME root level domains can be a tricky thing. Some DNS providers allow it, some don't, and some make you CNAME everything if you do it (including the MX or mail records).
So you have 3 options:
- Figure out if you can CNAME the root domain as well. Sounds like you're commenting because you can't.
- Create an A record for the root domain to 208.43.164.194 -- This isn't perfect because we can't be sure our IP will always remain the same. It does seem pretty stable for a while though. If you go this route just make sure we have your email.
- Use your hosting provider's or some other web server to force the root domain to redirect to the www version.
Let me know if that helps.
thanks very much brett. i went with option 2. as you imagined, it wont allow me to cname the root domain, so i had to go this route. dont know what your option 3 means so hopefully i can find a good guide that will teach me about all these things soon. i have also own 3 other domains that i am going to url forward to my slinkset site that contain relevant search terms to the nature of my slink-set site. do you think there are any issues with doing this? and will i use the contact form to send you my email address? thanks again!
I'm not entirely sure what you mean with the other domains. Your slinkset site can only be severed on one domain for right now. The other domains could redirect there, I'm not sure how that would impact search terms. My understanding is that inbound links are what effects search the most.
As for the email address, just make sure the one on your account is correct (click on "My Account" in the upper right).
thanks again brett. i guess i was reading this article about forwarding domains and wondering of there is a way to implement its suggestions with your service.
"...Given enough time, you may find your site has been banned from the search engine index.
What's the solution?
Your domain names need to be routed from the domain name registrar to a hosting account - from the hosting account (and this varies - consult your technical support provider for the account) you'll need to set a Permanent Redirect to your main site.
A Permanent Redirect is logged as a code '301' (thence, it is often referred to as a '301 Permanent Redirect') - if you have multiple domain names which you wish to direct to a single site, it may be especially useful for you to consider a website hosting account which offers multiple add-on domains and subdomains to accommodate all the domain names you'll need to forward."