Domains are hostnames that identify Internet Protocol (IP) resources such as web sites. They provide a human-friendly, easily recognizable and memorizable names to numerically addressed Internet resources.
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Setting up DNS web server from scratch
I am a novice in setting up webserver. Where should I get a step by step instruction for setting up the DNS for my new web server.
Server: Windows 2008 Server R2
I have a Static IP.
Two domains need ...
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DNS: forward part of a managed domain to one host, but sub domain services to another (Google Apps)
I was going to post this as a comment against DNS: Forward domain to another host, but I don't seem able to do that.
I'm in a similar situation. I have a DNS registered/managed by enom, except with ...
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Using mixed A-Type and CNAME
A (IPv4 Adresszeiger)
doc.domain.de. IN A 301 to domain.atlassian.net
jira.domain.de. IN A 23.23.xx.xx
domain.de. IN A 301 to www.domain.de
work.domain.de. IN A ...
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Changing domain name vs URL redirect to improve URL building
I have a domain named companyname.com with PR3 and would like to improve the SEO by adding my main keyword in the domain name. I'm thinking about:
Buying the domain main-keyword-companyname.com and ...
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Is it possible to reference images outside the domain root?
I have a website with a file structure a bit like this....
/webroot/folder1/main - php, css etc files in here
/webroot/folder1/data/images - images in here
I.e. ...
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Set nameserver in WHM with VPS that has no domain name?
I have a new VPS I want to use to manage sites on. I need to set up nameservers so that I can point the domain names to the new servers. I know nameservers usually look like ns1.example.com where ...
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ICANN nTLD applications acceptance [closed]
I've been paying attention to the new list of new TLDs being applied for, for a good while now.
And after thinking through the whole thing, it looks like an absolute trainwreck that will just ruin ...
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Best choice of domain name? (SEO)
This question is specifically about domain name choice.
My client wants to maximize his site SEO, and he has two domain names, one of which he has for two years and is in the second page of Google ...
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Transfer websites and domains to new server
We have currently around 40 websites and 80+ domains/sub-domains in a shared 1&1 hosting package, and we just acquired a managed dedicated server with 1&1 as well.
Now it's time to start ...
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How to determine, who to contact for transferring my Domain
My client's domain, www.daccusa.org, is hosted at inmotionhosting.com. They tell me though, that the domain itself, is not.
I've spoken with two different customer supports at inmotionhosting.com and ...
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How do I map a customer's domain to a page in my website?
I'm considering starting a website that allows customers to map a domain they own and control, to their page or subdomain in my site. Do I need to have an IP address for each customer domain? Is this ...
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Multiple domains
I got 6 domains : company.ca and company.com (because both where free, but we are a canadian company but can do business with the rest of the world).
Then, we sell sportwear because of the company ...
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I want to add www prefix in my sub domain
I have a domain name www.example.com. I have a sub domain like this image.example.com.
When, I am trying to open www.image.example.com, it is not opening.
My requirements is to open sub domain ...
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Removing “www.” from domain name and SEO
We are doing a big redesign work on our website, and at least 50% of the website folders will be moved to new places with different names (i.e. many URL will be changed). Sure, Google will need some ...
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Domain only forwards with external hosting
I have a domain with Namecheap and hosting with 1and1. Forwarding is no problem - domain.com goes to the right page. The problem arises when I navigate to another page on the website, when it reverts ...
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Combine redirect to naked domain and point existing content to /blog
I think the .htaccess setup for this ought to be fairly straightforward, but I'm having a hard time with it for some reason. I've just completed the migration of a WordPress single site installation ...
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Why does modx-based site start using different domains for some content?
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I have a modx site on a VPS with multiple domain and subdomain names. The modx site should use what I call the 'primary' domain name's 'primary' subdomain, ie www.intendedname.tld . The ...
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pointing a parked subdomain to a real subdomain
I have two registered domains. Say the domains are:
originaldomain.com , and parkeddomain.com
parkeddomain.com points to originaldomain.com
I also have a few subdomains in originaldomain.com, and I ...
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Domain name issues [1&1]
I'm trying to make my domain name point to my web-server.
I own a domain through 1&1, and I have a linux computer I have set up to run as my web-server. I'm a student at college, and my college ...
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How do companies fake a domain registration date? [closed]
On a few separate occasions I have lost prominent domains to the scourge known as cyber-squatters. They've even snatched up a domain within 5 minutes of checking availability.
One domain in ...
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Redirect domains single pages and maintain url
I have several domain names that need to point to individual pages on a single host and still maintain the URL. For example:
examplesite1.com needs to point at mainsite.com/examplesite1.php but ...
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Cloudflare is it safe?
I am thinking of signing up with cloud flare, but since i'm not very familiar with the technical side of things, I wanted to ask here first.
How safe is it to sign up with services, like cloud flare?
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Is using .se, Sweden's top level domain name, a bad idea for a website hosted in the United States [duplicate]
I have a client with a website name that ends with se. I thought instead of dealing with .com domain names I would register something like gardenho.se.
Is there anything wrong with this? Does this ...
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issue with Domain, DNS and Hosting
I bought domains from GoDaddy.
I bought hosting from NFS.
I changed my DNS from GD to NFS.
Do I require to host DNS on NFS for website to work properly, or can I host DNS back on GD?
I am paying ...
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Domain migration and duplicate content/index issue
I have a website.net which I want to 301 redirect to website.com and I also want to change URL structure on some pages on the new .com site.
Problem is that .com is currently set as Website Alias of ...
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Things to consider while picking domain name?
We want to buy a domain name for our company. But all of the domain name we've discussed has already taken by some one else.
Is it good to use trailing character to existing domain name so we have ...
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web url forwarding to different port and subdirectory
I would like to forward anyone going to subdomain.old-domain.com:8014 to this new address subdomain.new-domain.com:8000/subdirectory (note a different domain AND different port PLUS a subdirectory)
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Selling a Domain Name. What scams should I be on the lookout for? [closed]
I'm selling a domain name. The transaction is being conducted through escrow.com. Payment will post in a few days at which time we'll transfer the domain name.
I'm no domain name expert. Is there ...
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wordpress migration and testing on Amazon EC2
I will need to migrate a wordpress site to Amazon EC2.
I've never done this before and it's not my area of expertise, so I'm following this guide.
I am getting close to making the actual move (EC2 ...
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Google is not indexing the main domain
We have a main domain called www.riya.travel. If a user visits riya.travel from India it will redirect to the subdomain in.riya.travel . If a user visits riya.travel from another country, it will ...
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Why the sudden popularity of .io domains?
I've noticed a number of new webapps and sites are being hosted at .io domains (the top-level domain for the British Indian Ocean Territories). A couple examples include:
Forecast.io
GitHub.io
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Pointing a sub domain to another server using directi control panel while domain.com is not hosted
Do we of course need a host for domain.com? Unfortunately currently the host for domain.com is down, so sub.domain.com cannot be redirected to where it should.
Is there a way to at least activate the ...
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CNAME: does a cname change the url that the browser displays?
I have a web site www.somewhere.com and I want the alias fr.somewhere.com.
I set up a CNAME record for www.somewhere.com alias fr.somewhere.com. When a user types in http://fr.somewhere.com in their ...
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Is it possible to use Whois Guard on dot pro domains?
I have purchased two dot pro domains but the holder info is exposed.
Is it possible to use Whois Guard or the like on dot pro domains? If so, Do you know any service provider or registrar that offers ...
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How do I change an existing custom domain with Blogger to a new custom domain
I have a Blogger site which has a custom domain which I want to move one old domain to new. Let's pretend this is old-domain.com and new-domain.com
I want to:
1. preserve my search engine ranking as ...
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Where can I buy .ar domain names? [closed]
I am having trouble finding a registrar that allows the purchase of one-off .ar domains.
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Is there any system in place to recover a domain that expired and someone else has registered?
There was a domain name that was registered for many years for a DOS based software package. The original owners of the domain and software package passed away several years ago and at the time we had ...
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What is the best way to handle special characters for google searches?
For example, originally my name is Denny Müller, but I have used Denny Mueller for many years. This is common practice in Germany and it has the same meaning but with a different way of writing it.
I ...
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how do I avoid spam domains to point to my site or IP hosting tomcat application
I can across a issue where I saw some xyz.com is pointing to mydomain.com.
I am not using Apache, nor IIS but Tomcat 7 directly.
How to I avoid such other spam domains to point to mydomain.com?
I ...
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Register a .ca domain from the US — proxy service
we ara a US-based business and interested in registering a .ca domain. I understand the Canadian Presence Requirements for Registrants - CIRA (www.cira.ca/assets/Documents/Legal/Registrants/CPR.pdf). ...
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I want to transfer a domain to another registrar
I have a domain registered at hostgator.com which would expire in a day.Now i want to use godaddy for the domain, what would be the best practise for me:
1. Wait for the domain to expire and then ...
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my website hosting guy has his own emails where my emails go first. he is stealing my leads [closed]
can somebody tell me what can i do since i found out that the guy who put my website together and is now hosting my website, actually has put two of his emails with priority over my domain emails. it ...
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Moving site from its own domain to sub directory - updating webmaster tools
We've got a site info-graphic-site.com which is on its own domain, what we want to do is move it to our-main-site.com/infographic
I know how to move them and setup 301's but what I was wondering is ...
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How to purchase a .hu domain name without Hungarian citizenship? [closed]
The owner of a .hu (Hungary) domain name has agreed to sell and transfer. The registrar of that domain sent me some forms I need to complete and one of them requires me to prove my Hungarian ...
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multiple domains for one site [duplicate]
I'm maintaining a website of a lodge which has a golf course, a spa and a restaurant and they all have seperate urls. Now, the main Lodge page contains all the content and for now, the other URLs just ...
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Registering multiple domains vs. subdomains
We are currently planning on registering multiple domains for different parts of the website we own. For example consider that we have example.com as the main domain and have assigned all the ...
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Is it a bad idea to use a domain hack for my personal website name?
I want to create a personal webpage for info about myself (potentially for employment or other contact purposes), but the .com extension for my intended name is already taken. The name I want ends in ...
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With www or without www? Which is better to use [duplicate]
I have just bought a new domain www.reversehacking.com ....
Which is better for SEO: http://reversehacking.com or http://www.reversehacking.com
I think people will make more links starting with ...
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How to begin editing sites? [closed]
I'm new to creating web-sites and I have just registered a domain name here: from Europe Registry and started trial version of hosting from: ispserver.com.
I shall connect domain and hosting somehow ...
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Is all data about a domain name provided to a TLD registry by the registrar visible on Whois?
I am trying to understand more about how the domain registration process works between the registry and the registrar. My question is when a domain name is registered by a registrar such as GoDaddy, ...
