How to Config Domain to Access Website Without Entering WWW

[cghoga]

Greetings.

My sincerest apologies if this is not the correct forum.

I am trying to get my Website up and running.

We are hosting using .MAC, but our domain name is through another company.

We have 2 domains

http://www.abc.com

and

http://www.def.com

that should point to the same Website.

The site

http://www.abc.com

works fine if I enter

http://www before

the domain name, but if the

http://www is

left off it will not load, but says it is parked at my host's site.

The host said that I should set up forwarding on this domain with

http://www.abc.com.

This has not worked out.

Anyone that can point me in the right direction on what needs to be done is my hero.

In addition site def.com needs to point to the same Website. I have this domain configured the same as abc.com, but I am prompted when I enter this address with:

The server

http://www.def.com

at idisk.mac.com requires a username and password.

Sorry to bring what seems like an elementary thing to this forum, but I have been chasing this for over a week and need help badly. I have googled all week and have not found the right answer.

Thanks for your time and help,

CH

 

[smah]

The host is telling you wrong. If the non-

http://www address

for abc.com gives you a different website (parked at...), then this is a DNS related issue that should be fixed correctly, even though it's possible to work around it. Use the dns tools at the domain registrar (which may or may not be the host where the website is). The correct setup would be an A record for all non-subdomains pointing to the hosting IP address. Then, a CName record for

http://www pointing

at that A record. (different dns sservices use different notation schemes which is why I'm intentially being somewhat generic in my descriptions).

Then, follow the same proceedure for the DNS records for def.com. Then, the final step is to configure the existing host at idisk.mac.com to answer for the def.com domain name. I'm not familiar with that service, but if you have a control panel system, look for a 'parked domain' feature or something similar.

 

[BabyJeffy]

... and then look around for a host that doesn't feed you lies and appear next to useless.

Cheers,
Jeff

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