Having trouble with my URL

gus

Guys i was reading that i need to get to a maint page on my URL to do a re-direct as i wish to remove the word SmugMug from my page. I have sat in front of it for ages & there just does not appear to be an area that i can log into to do this.

Do all URL's have this ?

Gus

Andy

Humungus wrote:

Guys i was reading that i need to get to a maint page on my URL to do a re-direct as i wish to remove the word SmugMug from my page. I have sat in front of it for ages & there just does not appear to be an area that i can log into to do this.

Do all URL's have this ?

Gus

'gus, who is your domain registrar?

need to update your cname

gus

namescout.com


who does the updating ? SM ?

Andy

Humungus wrote:

namescout.com


who does the updating ? SM ?

no, you do it yourself with namescout. you must have a login with them, then look thru their help files or contact them, to find out how you can do the following:

you've got to edit your "domain alias" aka cname, so that www.wajdelaphotography.com.au "points" to wajdelaphotography.smugmug.com

then, you go to your control panel and enter "custom hostname" and enter www.wajdelaphotography.com.au in that field.

once both of these are done, it can take 12-24 hours for the bits to get from oz to silicon valley and back - ok?

gus

Looks like im up the creek in a barbed wire canoe...nowhere at all to use any tools or contact them.

DavidTO

Humungus wrote:

Looks like im up the creek in a barbed wire canoe...nowhere at all to use any tools or contact them.

I believe there is.

Andy

Humungus wrote:

Looks like im up the creek in a barbed wire canoe...nowhere at all to use any tools or contact them.

'gus


namescout

namescout support centre

patch, where's the box of rocks smilie, please?

gus

well just who will be laughing last when we are all in a tank full of rising water & im the last one to drown 'eh ?

Thanks guys

DavidTO

Humungus wrote:

well just who will be laughing last when we are all in a tank full of rising water & im the last one to drown 'eh ?

Thanks guys

You'll most likely THINK we all drowned but will have missed the fact that we all escaped safely out the clearly labeled escape hatch, while you struggle and fight against the current...

rainforest1155

andy wrote:

you've got to edit your "domain alias" aka cname, so that www.wajdelaphotography.com.au "points" to wajdelaphotography.smugmug.com

then, you go to your control panel and enter "custom hostname" and enter www.wajdelaphotography.com.au in that field.

once both of these are done, it can take 12-24 hours for the bits to get from oz to silicon valley and back - ok?

Andy,
I remember that you had to set your cname directly to www.smugmug.com and the help also says so! Did that change recently?

Sebastian

gus

DavidTO wrote:

You'll most likely THINK we all drowned but will have missed the fact that we all escaped safely out the clearly labeled escape hatch, while you struggle and fight against the current...

Im holding onto andy whilst singing advance australia fair.

Andy

rainforest1155 wrote:

Andy,
I remember that you had to set your cname directly to www.smugmug.com and the help also says so! Did that change recently?

Sebastian

hey sebastian,

i've got
http://www.moonriverphotography.com
http://moonriverphotography.com

both going directly to my smug account (williams.smugmug.com). you have to edit the cname (on register.com) to point to the smugmug url, then add the custom hostname on your control panel (www.moonriverphotography.com) smugmug does the rest automatically

i guess either my williams.smugmug.com or just www.smugmug.com would work - smugmug probably has a wildcard thing set up, eh?

rainforest1155

andy wrote:

hey sebastian,

i've got
http://www.moonriverphotography.com
http://moonriverphotography.com

both going directly to my smug account (williams.smugmug.com). you have to edit the cname (on register.com) to point to the smugmug url, then add the custom hostname on your control panel (www.moonriverphotography.com) smugmug does the rest automatically

i guess either my williams.smugmug.com or just www.smugmug.com would work - smugmug probably has a wildcard thing set up, eh?

Ok, than everything is alright.
I guess the thing in the help is just how they planed to have it, but people never looked into that and used their own addresses. That resulting in smugmug setting up the wildcard to cover this problem.

Sebastian

gus

andy wrote:

no, you do it yourself with namescout. you must have a login with them, then look thru their help files or contact them, to find out how you can do the following:

you've got to edit your "domain alias" aka cname, so that www.wajdelaphotography.com.au "points" to wajdelaphotography.smugmug.com

then, you go to your control panel and enter "custom hostname" and enter www.wajdelaphotography.com.au in that field.

once both of these are done, it can take 12-24 hours for the bits to get from oz to silicon valley and back - ok?

Does this look like the area i should be in mate ?

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2. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Click on the "Domain Admin" tab[/font]
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4. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Under the heading "Domain - Name Server Information", click on the "Forward this domain" link[/font]
5. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Enter the full URL that you would like your domain forwarded to: i.e.[/font]
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Baldy

Humungus wrote:

Does this look like the area i should be in mate ?

1. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Log into your Master Account at [/font]
2. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Click on the "Domain Admin" tab[/font]
3. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Click on the domain name that you would like to forward[/font]
4. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Under the heading "Domain - Name Server Information", click on the "Forward this domain" link[/font]
5. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Enter the full URL that you would like your domain forwarded to: i.e.[/font]
6. [font=Arial, Helvetica]Click on the "Submit Forwarding change" button[/font]

Hmmm... URL forwarding is generally not what you want. Here's how namescout describes their forwarding:

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Unfortunately, we do not offer a "cloaked" or "phantom" URL forwarding service. With our URL forwarding service, the address displayed in the address bar will change to the forwarded address once the forward takes place. If you require the address to remain the same you will need to find a hosting provider that offers cloaked forwarding and have them host the URL forward for you.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]That kind of forwarding is nasty because you type in www.humungus.com (or whatever), you watch the URL change to gus.smugmug.com (or whatever). Then you hit the back button, it goes back to humungus.com and then re-forwards you so you're stuck in a loop.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Maybe this help section is for you?[/font]

http://tinyurl.com/8e5zk[font=Arial, Helvetica]
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NaturalEye

My domain registrar doesn't let me change the cname either - however zonedit.com will do it for you. You don't need to move the domain, just change the nameservers. There is no charge for this...

HTH

Gary

gus

Baldy wrote:

Hmmm... URL forwarding is generally not what you want. Here's how namescout describes their forwarding:

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Unfortunately, we do not offer a "cloaked" or "phantom" URL forwarding service. With our URL forwarding service, the address displayed in the address bar will change to the forwarded address once the forward takes place. If you require the address to remain the same you will need to find a hosting provider that offers cloaked forwarding and have them host the URL forward for you.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]That kind of forwarding is nasty because you type in www.humungus.com (or whatever), you watch the URL change to gus.smugmug.com (or whatever). Then you hit the back button, it goes back to humungus.com and then re-forwards you so you're stuck in a loop.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Maybe this help section is for you?[/font]

http://tinyurl.com/8e5zk[font=Arial, Helvetica]
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Tks baldy...i will do the swap asap.

gus

Just 2 questions baldy.
Baldy...im looking at your suggestion. Im having heaps of trouble with getting namescout to reply to me as i cannot log into my Master Account...i'll sort that out...but

Whats the go...say i go with one of the ones SM recommends after i do the stuff to enable it in my account....do i just send an email to the new mob explaining that i want to jump ship ?

Do they usually ask you to pay again ?

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