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Domain needed for this?
Topic Started: Aug 30 2008, 03:11 PM (804 Views)
Darkness for the Dawn
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Hi. So, I was wondering if a domain was needed to make a sort of 'front page' affect, like the one ifskinzone.net has. I've seen in done on other forums too, and I'd like to do it on my forum. I was told that a domain was needed to do this and I was wondering if that's really true. I shouldn't need any help doing so, but I don't want to register a domain if it's not needed.

Thank you.
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A domain is technically needed for any webpage you wish to access on the internet. However, you don't have to purchase a domain if you don't want to. You can use a free alternative, or use a service like Freewebs that has a default domain for all hosted pages.
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Thanks for answering. Um, could you also maybe help me with something else? I ended up getting a domain, but I can't find any documentation on setting it up for the place I bought it. I got one with Freewebs and every time I try to set it up, invisionfree tells me it isn't pointing to the board at the moment.

Here's a Screen shot of where to set up records:

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Can you help?
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Are you trying to setup ofdameandgangsters.com as your boards URL? At the moment, ofdameandgangsters.com redirects me to your splash page.
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yes, I'm trying to set it up as my board's URL.
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Did you purchase the domain from Freewebs?

z10.invisionfree.com is your CNAME record, which you need to setup if you haven't already.

After your records are setup properly, you will need to set the new domain as Primary in the Domain Manager of your Admin CP.
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I purchased the domain from freewebs.

Now, I put z10.invisionfree.com in the address field of my records manager on Freewebs.
Then I put ofdamesandgangsters.webs.com in the host field.

I went to my Domain Manager in my ACP and tried to add that domain. It says: The domain you have entered does not appear to point to this server at this time. The domain should point to z10.invisionfree.com with a CNAME record.

So then I:

Put ofdamesandgangsters.webs.com in the address field of my records manager on Freewebs.
Then I put z10.invisionfree.com in the host field.

I went to my Domain Manager in my ACP and tried to add that domain. It says: The domain you have entered does not appear to point to this server at this time. The domain should point to z10.invisionfree.com with a CNAME record.

What am I doing wrong?
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Try this:

Clear all of your current records at Freewebs and in the Admin CP for the domain you've been trying to setup.

Now setup two CNAME records for your domain:

Host: ofdamesandgangsters.webs.com
Address: z10.invisionfree.com
Record: CNAME
Priority: 0

Host: www
Address: z10.invisionfree.com
Record: CNAME
Priority: 0

If you'd like to try and setup an A Record as well, it's: 209.85.48.5 (Host: @)

Now head over to the Domain Manager in your Admin CP.

Add Domain Name: ofdamesandgangsters.webs.com

Now select that domain from the Select Primary Domain Name drop-down and set it as the Primary Domain.

If the domain setup is pending, you may have to wait a bit longer for the records to resolve.
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Okay, I did exactly what you said and it still gave me the same error message. I'll try again tomorrow, maybe the setup is still pending... I have no clue.
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I've heard it can take up to 24 hours for the records to "resolve", so that may be the problem.
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Alright, so its been like three days, possibly even more, and I still cannot point the domain. I asked them to help me twice and did everything I said and then they said I should ask the providers of the forums. Ugh, can anyone help me?
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If you will, please post an updated screenshot of your records.
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Sure. Here it is:

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This is my last suggestion:

Remove the first record and add it back with a trailing period at the end of the domain, so it'll look like this:
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ofdamesandgangsters.webs.com.
If that doesn't work, I suggest sending in a support ticket.
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