Domain Forwarding

zackdezon · August 9, 2008

So at first I registered www.zackdezon.com as my domain for smugmug (through GoDaddy). But then I decided that www.zackdezonphotography.com would be a better name and went ahead and registered that as well, and switched that to my main page.

However, I have told a good amount of people about www.zackdezon.com, and as such want to be able to forward visitors to that page to www.zackdezonphotography.com. I tried using the 'forward' function on GoDaddy, but now my visits to zackdezon.com just give me the SmugMug homepage. Any thoughts?

ivar · August 9, 2008

Hello

It seems that www.zackdezon.com is cnamed to zackdezon.com for some reason

That's not the right way to go. Forward www.zackdezon.com to www.zackdezonphotography.com, that should do the trick

Art Scott · August 9, 2008

ivar wrote:

Hello

It seems that www.zackdezon.com is cnamed to zackdezon.com for some reason That's not the right way to go. Forward www.zackdezon.com to www.zackdezonphotography.com, that should do the trick

What do you do at GoDaddy to Forward it........as I have Arthur-Scott.com just sitting in web / internet oblivion and it was my Domain for my Smuggy acct for over a couple of years.

Thanx

denisegoldberg · August 9, 2008

Art Scott wrote:

What do you do at GoDaddy to Forward it........as I have Arthur-Scott.com just sitting in web / internet oblivion and it was my Domain for my Smuggy acct for over a couple of years.

Art -
I have a second domain too, and I have that forwarded to my primary domain.

My primary domain is www.denisegoldberg.com, and that is CNAMEd to my smug site at http://denise.smugmug.com.
My second domain, www.denisegoldbergphotography.com is forwarded to www.denisegoldberg.com.

I logged on to GoDaddy, clicked on domains, then clicked on the domain name that I wanted to forward. On the top part of the Domain Manager... Details... screen, there is a forwarding "section". On my screen, it's in the middle column of the top section.

I checked "enable forwarding", set the forward address to http://www.denisegoldberg.com, and clicked the radio button to 301 Moved Permanently.

The key here is to forward to the address you already have CNAMEd to smug. In your case that appears to be http://www.artscottfotografie.com/.

Hope this is enough to help. If not I'm sure one of the smug heroes will step in!

--- Denise

docwalker · August 9, 2008

Be careful. Simple forwarding does not always work. Sometimes the domain name stays in the URL and causes problems. Some domain hosts do a better job than others.

I have tips here that may help if it does not work correctly:

http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Multiple+Domains

chuckinsocal · August 9, 2008

Hi Zack,

I struggled with the same issue for days until I finally hit on the right combination of CNames, A Records, and Forwarding stuff.

The details are here. If they are not clear, please let me know and I'll be happy to try to clarify them for you.

I currently have 4 domains (I change my mind a lot). My current domain, www.socalimages.com, is CNamed to SmugMug. The other 3 are forwarded to www.socalimages.com and it all works just fine.

Hollar if I can be of further help.

Domain Forwarding

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