CName Question

RBrogen

Here's my DNS configuration for brogen.com:

photos CNAME smugmug.brogen.com
smugmug HOST(A) 63.81.134.23

When I go to photos.brogen.com it resolves to smugmug but to a site that's not found as shown below.

photos macaskill (Photos)'s home

Any thoughts would be appreaciated.

denisegoldberg

RBrogen wrote:

Here's my DNS configuration for brogen.com:

photos CNAME smugmug.brogen.com
smugmug HOST(A) 63.81.134.23

When I go to photos.brogen.com it resolves to smugmug but to a site that's not found as shown below.

photos macaskill (Photos)'s home

Any thoughts would be appreaciated.

The CNAME needs to go to www.smugmug.com, not to brogen.smugmug.com. Then in your smugmug control panel under your account settings you set your url.
Detailed info at http://www.smugmug.com/help/professional-accounts.

--- Denise

RBrogen

denisegoldberg wrote:

The CNAME needs to go to www.smugmug.com, not to brogen.smugmug.com. Then in your smugmug control panel under your account settings you set your url.
Detailed info at http://www.smugmug.com/help/professional-accounts.

--- Denise

Thanks Denise....great help....u rock

vegasphotog

I have done all that...but, by default if I am wanting to share a link....it still does vegasphotographics.smugmug.com....Isn't there a way to have only my domain in my image links?

denisegoldberg

vegasphotog wrote:

I have done all that...but, by default if I am wanting to share a link....it still does vegasphotographics.smugmug.com....Isn't there a way to have only my domain in my image links?

The links in your navbar are what is causing the switch back to your smugmug name. You links currently look like this:

<*[B]a[/B] href="http://vegasphotographics.smugmug.com">Studio<*/[B]a[/B]>
<*[B]a[/B] href="http://vegasphotographics.smugmug.com/gallery/2926554>About Us<*/[B]a[/B]>

Change them to use relative names, without the web site name but still including the following information. That way the url will stick to whatever the viewer used to enter your site. Same pages via relative links:

<*[B]a [/B]href="/">Studio<*/[B]a[/B]>
<*[B]a[/B] href="/gallery/2926554">About Us<*/[B]a[/B]>

Remove the *'s before using!

--- Denise

vegasphotog

HI Denise...

Awesome....thanks a bunch...that had bothered me for a few months...now I can sleep peacefully at night!

RBrogen

Hey Denise...just relized you are in MA. lol Hiya from Burlington/Boston

denisegoldberg

RBrogen wrote:

Hey Denise...just relized you are in MA. lol Hiya from Burlington/Boston

Funny - I work in Burlington (soon moving to office just down the road in Bedford). You too?

--- Denise

RBrogen

denisegoldberg wrote:

Funny - I work in Burlington (soon moving to office just down the road in Bedford). You too?

--- Denise

lol my better half works in Bedford...I'm in Boston across from the Aquarium

chuckinsocal

Add On Question
If I want my own URL, do I have to register and pay for it or does SmugMug take care of that.

I'm guessing the former, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Chuck Cannova
http://chuckinsocal.SmugMug.com

chuckinsocal

Never Mind
Stupid question and I looked up the answer.

But thanks for reading this.

Chuck Cannova
http://chuckinsocal.SmugMug.com

dusty-dog

Denise, it took me a ton of back and forth to finally get the CNAME and associated links correct. Your explanation in post 5 of this thread was the answer. Just wanted to weigh in my most exhuberant THANK YOU!