www question

[JillWalser]

Could someone please explain why when I enter my website nwstaffing.com into my browser (IE 5.5) it doesn't forward itself to

http://www.nwstaffing.com?

Other sites I enter, i.e.)yahoo.com auto-forward themselves to

http://www.yahoo.com.

How can I alter the coding of my site to have this auto-forwarding occur?

Thank you!
J

 

[ecobb]

You have to have an "A" record set up in DNS for the www. entry, and you have to make sure your web server knows to handle the

http://www record

the same as the regular whatever.com entry. This all pretty much handled on your nameserver (wherever your domain is hosted) and your web server (wherever your site is hosted).




Hope This Helps!

Ecobb

"Alright Brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But lets just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer." - Homer Simpson

 

[JillWalser]

Ok, thanks! The site is hosted by an ISP, should I contact them to fix this, or is this something I can do myself?
J

 

[ecobb]

You will have to contact them. They should be able to correct everything from their end.



Hope This Helps!

Ecobb

"Alright Brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But lets just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer." - Homer Simpson

 

[TruthInSatire]

There needs to be either an A record or a CNAME record made in the dns
server to point the

http://www in

the right direction. Also there needs to be a
host header (IIS windows term) made in the web server to indicate the

http://www is

at the same location as the non www.

http://WWW is

essentially just a third level domain name (some call it a virtual)
something like youName.yoursite.com it's handled the same way.

Some companies still use the

http://www third

level as their web address and the
second level domain name for their internal network. The

http://www can

physically
be pointed at a different location as the non www.

http://thereptilian.com/

 

[JillWalser]

Ok, thanks guys, you guys are great!
J