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Forwarding Domain
Names
Overview
If you have, or are
going to have, a web page; you might consider
purchasing a "forwarding (redirecting) domain
name" of the format www.OurClub.com
from GoDaddy.com
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How It Works -- If
you type a forwarding domain name into the
address window of your web browser, it will
forward --or redirect -- you to another address.
It works similar to "call forwarding" on your
telephone.
Price -- The price
is about $9 per year from GoDaddy. There are
also many other sellers of domain names you can
use beside GoDaddy, but GoDaddy seems to be sort
of a pioneer in low cost domain
names..
Name Variations
--Note they also have a tool which lets you
search for variations of the name you want, if
the name you want is not available.
No Moving Sites
Necessary --If you set up a forwarding
domain name, you can forward it to an already
existing site. This means if you already
have a website, and you want to set up a
forwarding domain name, your website can stay
right where it is now located.
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Advantages
1. Better
Name
Instead of typing a
long address to access your website, which may
be something like, for example
www.earthlink.net/~
wojtowiczski/personal/modelrailclubs/ourclub/main.htm
people can just type the
"more professional sounding"
www.OurClub.com or whatever name you
choose.
The www.OurClub.com
name is both easier to remember and easier to
type.
2. Site can move, name
stays the same
Your website can
move to a different locaiton, but your official
name www.OurClub.com stays the same.
GoDaddy allows you to
change the forwarding of your domain name to a
different location anytime you need to change
it.
You can change the
forwarding yourself. To do so, you log in to
Godaddy with your user id and password, and
then, you type in the new address where
you want the domain to point forward to,
then click the "Save Changes" button.
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Examples
Example 1 --
LooseTies.com
We set up the
forwarding domain name LooseTies.com
for the Loose Ties model railroad club in
Lewisburg.
Note that
LooseTies.com
redirects you to www.trainweb.org/looseties
Note that this main part
of the address is generally not case sensitive,
and for most browsers, you can usually omit the
"www." part.
I.e., you should be able
to type any of the following names into your
browser to make it work:
- LooseTies.com
- looseties.com
- www.LooseTies.com
- www.looseties.com
- http://www.LooseTies.com
Example 2 --
SusquehannaSeniorNet.org
We set up the
forwarding domain name
SusquehannaSeniorNet.org for the
SeniorNet chapter that operates out of the James
V Brown Library in Williamsport
Pennsylvania.
Note that
SusquehannaSeniorNet.org
redirects you to
http://www.lycoming.org/seniornet/index.shtml
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.org or .com ? --
Note that some nonprofit organizations use the
.org extension (.org is for organization), but
some people prefer the .com (.com is for
commercial). Technically an organization should
use the .org extension, but some people prefer
the .com extension because it's the first one
that comes to most peoples' minds.
Other Examples
- BallroomDances.net
-- forwards to
www.track2.com/ballroom
- SinglesDances.net
-- forwards to
www.track2.com/singles
- SwingDances.net
-- forwards to
www.track2.com/swing
- ParishHouseDance.org
-- forwards to
www.track2.com/parish
- ScrantonDanceNet.com
-- forwards to
www.scrantondancenet.com
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This page modified 6/23/2005 by
(bottom include)
JamesRobertIngram.com
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