Domain name ghosting into address bar
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I understand there is a way to get my domain name www.streetcraft.co.uk , which is managed by an agent, to appear in the IE address bar. My site is hosted by NTL at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.smith19// .
NTL are not willing to help and my domain name host is doing this as a favour but is no longer in the web hosting business so I don't want to ask too much of him.
Is there a way?
NTL are not willing to help and my domain name host is doing this as a favour but is no longer in the web hosting business so I don't want to ask too much of him.
Is there a way?
Could you explain what you mean by getting the name to appear in the address bar?
Surely you just type it in!?
Edit: I've been to your site and I now know what you mean. You need the organisation that hosts your domain name to provide framed forwarding. It's not an ideal solution but it does what you want. 123reg.co.uk do this.
The best solution would be to get the same company to host your website files AND your domain name, then no redirection from one host to another is needed and people can got to www.streetcraft.co.uk/frontera.html and it stays on streetcraft.
>> Edited by Bonce on Friday 2nd April 14:00
Surely you just type it in!?
Edit: I've been to your site and I now know what you mean. You need the organisation that hosts your domain name to provide framed forwarding. It's not an ideal solution but it does what you want. 123reg.co.uk do this.
The best solution would be to get the same company to host your website files AND your domain name, then no redirection from one host to another is needed and people can got to www.streetcraft.co.uk/frontera.html and it stays on streetcraft.
>> Edited by Bonce on Friday 2nd April 14:00
As above but the way mine works :-
www.easily.co.uk do this if you have bought a domain name from them, they call it "URL Masking"
Where do you point your users logging onto www.streetcraft.co.uk to your ntlworld page. Look in there if there is an option of "frames" check it.
Failing that go to your local Town Hall and change your name to Mr Homepage Ntlworld.
>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 2nd April 14:47
www.easily.co.uk do this if you have bought a domain name from them, they call it "URL Masking"
Where do you point your users logging onto www.streetcraft.co.uk to your ntlworld page. Look in there if there is an option of "frames" check it.
Failing that go to your local Town Hall and change your name to Mr Homepage Ntlworld.
>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 2nd April 14:47
We offer this Free on all our domains.
You Register / Transfer the domain to Register1.net,
then you use our nameservers.
You then specify where you want your domain to goto, and it transparently forwards the domain.
eg.
you buy/transer
Ilovedogs.com and want it to point to http://ntl.com/~bob/dogs/
when you type in ilovedogs.com, you get ilovedogs.com, but shows the content from NTL.
example.
http://998tt.com
If you go there, it sticks in the browser, BUT
998tt.com is just a forward to http://vsupermarket.co.uk/newcar
We also added the bonus of allowing URL translation.
SO.
http://998tt.com/porschelogo.gif
will actually show you
http://vsupermarket.co.uk/newcar/porschelogo.gif
we also forward all email @ilovedogs.com to youremail@ntl.com
All Free.
There are many other places that offer similar services, so please dont consider this a pimp.
enjoy.
You Register / Transfer the domain to Register1.net,
then you use our nameservers.
You then specify where you want your domain to goto, and it transparently forwards the domain.
eg.
you buy/transer
Ilovedogs.com and want it to point to http://ntl.com/~bob/dogs/
when you type in ilovedogs.com, you get ilovedogs.com, but shows the content from NTL.
example.
http://998tt.com
If you go there, it sticks in the browser, BUT
998tt.com is just a forward to http://vsupermarket.co.uk/newcar
We also added the bonus of allowing URL translation.
SO.
http://998tt.com/porschelogo.gif
will actually show you
http://vsupermarket.co.uk/newcar/porschelogo.gif
we also forward all email @ilovedogs.com to youremail@ntl.com
All Free.
There are many other places that offer similar services, so please dont consider this a pimp.
enjoy.
create an index.html file with the text below and then ask your web host to upload it into the root of www.streetcraft.co.uk.
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>www.streetcraft.co.uk</title></head>
<frameset rows="100%,*" border="0" framespacing="0" frameborder="0">
<frame src=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.smith19/">
</frameset>
<noframes>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>www.streetcraft.co.uk</title></head>
<frameset rows="100%,*" border="0" framespacing="0" frameborder="0">
<frame src=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.smith19/">
</frameset>
<noframes>
</html>
tim_s said:
create an index.html file with the text below and then ask your web host to upload it into the root of www.streetcraft.co.uk.
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>www.streetcraft.co.uk</title></head>
<frameset rows="100%,*" border="0" framespacing="0" frameborder="0">
<frame src=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.smith19/">
</frameset>
<noframes>
</html>
that will work until the first time he hits a link to a seperate page, after which it will just revert back to the old names.
tvrbob said:
Thanks chaps, all sounds too complicated. I'm considering letting 123reg host for me, their rates are reasonable. I guess that way the problem solves itself.
Sure does, thats what they rely on
Make it easy.
If you cant be hassled with a transfer, then thats probably the best way.
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