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| need recommendation for domain registry site | Views: 1080 |
| Apr 25, 2005 3:15 am | | need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Dean H. | | Does anyone have any good recommendations for a site that I can go to, to buy domains. I definitely need one that can offer proper DNS management.
I went with Godaddy but I feel there tech support is incompetent. I was trying to get the new domain that I bought from them to do a proper domain mapping over my blog. Because I didn't want ther real url of my blog to be shown, hence I needed the services of domain mapping with CNAME. Godaddy had no clue as to what I was talking about and kept recommending domain forwarding, which is completely different from true domain mapping.
Any other good websites that I can go to, to buy domains and get good DNS management?
DeanPrivate Reply to Dean H. |
| Apr 25, 2005 3:24 am | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Christopher Stewart | | Hi Dean,
I like Powerpipe. I've used them for years and never had any problems with them.
http://www.powerpipe.com
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| Apr 25, 2005 12:15 pm | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Glenda Lowery | | What is domain mapping? Is that different than cloaking?
I have always used Arbor Domains
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| Apr 25, 2005 1:12 pm | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Susan Perkins | | Hi Dean -
I use discountdomainregistry. But I'm not sure if they have the specs you are requesting. I know they offer hosting via an affiliate - but I'm unfamiliar with your specifications.
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| Apr 25, 2005 4:17 pm | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Ronni Rhodes | | The best domain registry I've used is http://www.000domains.com.
They're responsive, give excellent service, and I believe
they meet all your requirements.
Good luck!
Ronni Rhodes
http://www.wbcimaging.com
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| Apr 26, 2005 5:36 am | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Kurt Schweitzer | | Dean,
GoDaddy has what you're looking for, even if their tech support doesn't know about it.
When you access "Manage Domains" and select a specific domain name, a menu of actions appears on the right side of the page. At the bottom is "Total DNS Control". Clicking on the plus sign opens a small menu that includes a "Total DNS Control And MX Records" link. Clicking on it takes you to a new page that has "Launch Total DNS Control Manager" in the upper right.
That's the link that takes you to a control panel where you can set A, CNAME, and MX records.
As you can tell, they REALLY DON'T want you to access this. Mess with it at your own risk!
Kurt Schweitzer
P.S. "Total DNS Control" won't show up if the domain is hosted on someone else's domain name servers.Private Reply to Kurt Schweitzer |
| Apr 26, 2005 12:48 pm | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
lisa micklin | | Hi Dean-
You may want to try http://oneandone.com
While they do offer very reasonable domain registration as GoDaddy does, you won't be hit with the unnecessary upsells that GD hits you with on every stage of your purchase. While I've never used the feature, I do believe that domain mapping is available.
Support is good, but you may be on hold for a while.
hth,
lisa
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How to Start Your Ezine
http://startyourezine.com
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| Apr 28, 2005 6:30 pm | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Denise O'Berry | | Dear Members --
Could one of you more "technically enlightened" folks let those of us who are not so technically inclined know what CNAME mapping is and why someone would want to use it?
Thank you,
Denise O'BerryPrivate Reply to Denise O'Berry |
| Apr 28, 2005 6:48 pm | | re: re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Gilbert Nieuwenhuis | | A normal DNS query would be of the form 'what is the IP of host=www in domain=mydomain.com'. There are times however when we want to be able to find out the name of the host whose IP address = x.x.x.x. Sometimes this is required for diagnostic purposes more frequently these days it is used for security purposes to trace a hacker or spammer, indeed many modern mailing systems use reverse mapping to provide simple authentication using dual look-up, IP to name and name to IP.
In order to perform Reverse Mapping and to support normal recursive and Iterative (non-recursive) queries the DNS designers defined a special (reserved) Domain Name called IN-ADDR.ARPA. This domain allows for all supported Internet IPv4 addresses (and now IPv6).
Hope this helps
Gilbert
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| Apr 28, 2005 7:09 pm | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Denise O'Berry | | Dear Gilbert --
I really respect your knowledge and your effort at helping us understand, but I didn't quite get it. Could you put it in "non-techie" terms for us?
Thanks much,
Denise O'BerryPrivate Reply to Denise O'Berry |
| Apr 28, 2005 7:31 pm | | re: re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Anita Cohen-Williams | | Denise,
If it makes you feel any better, I only understood Gilbert's first paragraph! ;-)
An excellent domain register is Dotster.com. I like GoDaddy, but then I do not require the control of my DNS stuff.
BTW, "cloaking" is an entirely different term and is used when someone hides or "cloaks" the source code on their site. The term comes from Star Trek. Private Reply to Anita Cohen-Williams |
| Apr 28, 2005 7:38 pm | | re: re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Gilbert Nieuwenhuis | | Dear Denise:
Sorry that my email was too technical.
The best thing to do is to read this website:
http://freebsd.lanfear.com/howtos/named.html
I think then you will understand the entire story.
Best regards,
Gilbert Private Reply to Gilbert Nieuwenhuis |
| Apr 28, 2005 8:20 pm | | Thank you Gilbert | # |
Denise O'Berry | | I really appreciate your effort and participation.
DenisePrivate Reply to Denise O'Berry |
| Apr 28, 2005 9:44 pm | | re: re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Kurt Schweitzer | | Denise,
CNAME mapping allows a single webserver to have multiple names, which may come from multiple domains. The most common example of this is when you can get to a website with or without using "www" as part of the name - so for instance you can get to my website at either http://ducksinorder.com or http://www.ducksinorder.com.
Another common use for CNAME mapping is when the same computer is used as a mail server (mail.domain.com) and a webserver (www.domain.com). Two names with the same IP address.
This is different from redirection, in that redirection involves something on a webserver (typically a META tag on a webpage) telling your browser to go someplace else (another webpage). CNAME mapping doesn't require a webserver at all, and involves an entire website rather than individual pages.
So just remember: CNAME mapping = two names for the same server.
Kurt SchweitzerPrivate Reply to Kurt Schweitzer |
| Apr 28, 2005 9:58 pm | | Thank you Kurt | # |
Denise O'Berry | | I think I get it now. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.
Anyone else need more clarification?
DenisePrivate Reply to Denise O'Berry |
| Apr 29, 2005 2:02 am | | re: Thank you Kurt | # |
Dean H. | | I did understand Kurt's explanation, to a certain extent.
Here's what I want to know and I'll give you an example;
I buy a domain. Let's say, www.mydomain.com . I host a blog and the url is myblog.blogger.com . And I get www.mydomain.com to be mapped over http://myblog.blogger.com . What I can't seem to do is get www.mydomain.com to show the url of the blog entries.
For example, I post a blog entry such as http://myblog.blogger.com/top10
Right now, my DNS is setup that if you type in www.mydomain.com, it'll take you to my blog site. But, the problem is that if browse or click on any the links on my blog, in the address bar, it'll still show, http://www.mydomain.com .
When you are clicking on one of my entries or link, the address bar should show this http://www.mydomain.com/top10 , but it doesn't. It still shows http://www.mydomain.com
What am I doing wrong?
I'd like to think I'm pretty technically literate, but for the longest time, this area of DNS managment has evaded me. It can be very frustrating.
Thanks Denise for letting me post this query, even if it's not considered the usual MYOB post.
DeanPrivate Reply to Dean H. |
| Apr 29, 2005 2:20 am | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Guillermo Acevedo | | One of my sites is through dotster and I've never had any problems, but many, many friends have had tons of horror stories with them, 'specially when you try to go away from them.
I would second 1and1. Three clients up there, have asked them to do strange things for me and have had no problems at allPrivate Reply to Guillermo Acevedo |
| Apr 29, 2005 2:51 am | | re: re: Thank you Kurt | # |
Frank Michlick | | Dean,
What you are looking for is normally called a 'cloaked' or 'framed' redirect, and it is done by adding a frame to the website. The frame contains a single area, that simply loads the external page from your other address.
Please keep in mind that when using this technology:
a) Some search engines will not properly index your site.
b) The search engines that do index your site, will most likely show the 'hidden' address in the search results.
c) Users will not easily be able to bookmark single pages within your website or send links to someone else.
The problem that you are describing sounds like a framed redirect to me. The reason that the URL changes once you click on one of the links could be related on how your blogging system constructs the links.
Hope this helps,
/FrankPrivate Reply to Frank Michlick |
| Apr 29, 2005 7:38 pm | | re: re: Thank you Kurt | # |
Kurt Schweitzer | | Dean,
Let me see if I correctly understand your situation:
You have a blog at http://myblog.blogger.com/.
You have your own domain (mydomain.com).
You have created a CNAME mapping so that anyone accessing http://blog.mydomain.com/top10 gets the pages hosted at http://myblog.blogger.com/top10.
That part is all working correctly. HOWEVER, whenever someone clicks on a link in the blog, the URL in their address bar stops being http://blog.mydomain.com/ and becomes http://myblog.blogger.com/.
If this is the situation, the cause is pretty obvious to me - the links in the blog are ABSOLUTE links, meaning they start with "http://myblog.blogger.com/top10". If you were to change them to RELATIVE links (so that they started with "/top10") then they would stay within the http://blog.mydomain.com/ domain like you desire.
I run into this same problem all the time when I develop webpages, especially when I import pages from someone's website to work on them on my PC (with their permission, of course). I need to make sure to use relative URLs so that the pages I'm accessing are the ones on my PC and not the ones out on the server. (It can be really frustrating to make a change, and then not see it because I'm looking at the wrong place!)
I'm not sure how you're going to correct this on Blogger. You really need to edit the blog template so that the generated links work the way you want. I'm not sure that Blogger gives you that level of control.
Good luck!
Kurt SchweitzerPrivate Reply to Kurt Schweitzer |
| Jun 06, 2005 7:50 am | | re: need recommendation for domain registry site | # |
Ramanathan Seshan a.k.a Slash | | HI
actually the situations can be solved much more easily.
since you alreadsy have a blog and a domain you could take a hosting pack and set the blog to ftp the posts to your site.
then viola all links appear correctly.
rgds
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