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Can I use different nameservers for different subdomains?
Suppose I have example.com and the nameserver I'm using is the one from the hosting server where I'm hosting the main site, say mainhosting.com.
Now suppose I add a new subdomain e.g. bla.example.com ...
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Changing hosting for a domain but keeping email
I’m a web designer with minimal knowledge about DNS records etc.
I have a client who currently has a domain registered with LCN. They also have their email provided by LCN and they currently have a ...
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How to point a domain to another subdomain?
I'm really a newbie about this issues so excuse me if this is a rather dumb question, I'm trying to point a domain a client of mine bought to a sub-domain of mine, they're both from different ...
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How do I determine if a redirection was due to DNS or the webserver?
I had an issue this week where the webhost altered my DNS settings, but the website, whether I typed in example.com or www.example.com would always resolve to www.www.example.com and I couldn't figure ...
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Changing nameservers for a domain on GoDaddy
I am redoing a website for a friend of mine. The domain was purchased on GoDaddy. The hosting was purchased elsewhere. After having problems with the hosting company and making some updates I decided ...
dan
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Is there a difference between an empty robots.txt and no robots.txt at all?
On a webserver I now have to admnistrate I noticed that the robots.txt is empty. I wondered if there's a difference between an empty robots.txt and no file at all.
Do crawlers behave differently in ...
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Using one IP for Nameserver like NS1 and NS2
Please I like to know why I can't use my one IP on my nameserver like:
ns1.mydomain.com = 67.111.78.12
ns2.mydomain.com = (but the IP could be assigned here)
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Should we allow HEAD requests?
Our web application is predominantly read-only. As such we only allow GET requests. However, we regularly get errors in our logs because of user agents making HEAD requests. I've seen these come from ...
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apache virtual hosts on LAN
i have 3 domains pointed at my linux box, apache2 virtual hosts is set up so that each domain loads the appropriate webpage when you visit it outside of the LAN.
my trouble is trying to view the ...
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1
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Hosting media on separate server than web server
Basically I have a website hosted by a web hosting company which I have limited access to (ftp upload etc). I have a home server which I use to record and store audio files. Is there an elegant way or ...
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Long propagation times after transferring a domain name and changing the NS records without disabling DNSSEC
I recently made the mistake of transferring a domain to a new registrar and changing name servers without disabling DNSSEC at the old registrar and have seen rather lengthy propagation times as a ...
user101018
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What happens if two people at the same host claim ownership of a domain?
I have all my domains registered through company A and they are hosted through company B. I set my nameservers at company A to point to dns.companyB.com and everything works great.
But couldn't ...
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Is it the responsibility of the web client or server to use the directory index file for the home page?
The Cengage Learning textbook New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2013 says this on page IB5:
If a URL does not include a filename, many web browsers will load the file that contains the website's ...
user54631
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Domain Name Not resolving with webhost nameservers and without www
Searched all over and tried playing with httpd.conf , nothing works.
The domain name can be resolved with www.domain.com but without www its does not resolve.
Advice for A Records does not work. I ...
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How to dynamically change the host URL? [duplicate]
I have two websites, say a.com and b.com.
a.com is on a paid hosting service, and b.com is on 000Webhost.
000Webhost crashes sometimes, and my site b.com becomes unreachable.
So is there any way ...
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Attemping to setup Domain NameServers but it doesn't appear to work
I'm having a little trouble setting up my domain redirect. The domain name is registered with Namesco and the hosting is on Wiserhosting. Wiserhosting has provided me nameservers of
Nameserver 1: ...
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My Big Rock webserver analytics does not matches with Alexa and Google Analytics
I am managing a website with WordPress.
As per Alexa (Amazon Product), 90% of my visitors are from India and 5% from US. As per Webserver (Big Rock), 75% from India, 9% from Canada, 5% from US. ...
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How do I update my DNS server so that it points to my new web server?
I am at a loss of what to do here. I bought a domain name some time ago, but just that. Tonight, I bought a subscription to DemonVPS to use as a web server.
Following their tutorial, I put the ...
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How to test the speed of my server inet connection? [closed]
The connection speed our webapp is showing (from my office) is much slower than my connection speed to a SpeedTest.net site in the same city.
I can test my internet using SpeedTest.net to Houston (...
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Web Host for ASP.NET MVC Web Site [duplicate]
I currently host a ASP.NET MVC site on Microsoft Azure. It's a great service, but a little pricey. Costs like $0.12 an hour just to have your site live, and then they also charge SQL Transfer and ...
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