 Dotworlds Free Domain Problem!, Dotworlds offers dot[anything] domains but I need help! |
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  Mar 26 2005, 05:23 PM
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Newbie [Level 2]  Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 3-January 05 Member No.: 3,092  |
I know that dotworlds offers dot[anything] domain names, and I have registered 4 of them, but I don't know how they work? It says that you have to have a plugin to view the domains registered from dotworlds, but I'm trying to figure out how to redirect the domain to the one I own. I've registered http://jesus.christ from dotworlds, and I want it to redirect to http://theheavenlyfather.com. What do I do?
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Mar 26 2005, 07:51 PM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member Group: Members Posts: 1,205 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 4,883 |
Firstly, it states that it's free..
But are you sure its completely free ? Or maybe its free for a certain period only. After which, you will require to pay a fee. 1) An email will be sent to you when you register for a domain. 2) Follow the link in the email and insert the password attachment with the mail. 3) Login to your account and proceed to Control Panel. 4) Click on the domain name you want to configure. For your case, "jesus.christ" 5) Select "Forwarding URL" and enter "http://theheavenlyfather.com" to the textbox. Hope that helps.. |
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Mar 26 2005, 07:53 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 14-March 05 From: Washington, USA Member No.: 4,520 |
hum, so let me see if I've got this straight. you want a new domain from your currant one? Is the old one through somone else?
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Mar 26 2005, 08:41 PM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 3-January 05 Member No.: 3,092 |
No I own it, along with lots others, but I found this site, and I wanted to try it.
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Mar 26 2005, 10:04 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 4-November 04 Member No.: 2,118 |
that site doesn't offer REAL top level domains. I think they are unsupported by ICANN and that is why you need the plugin to view them. Also note, you cannot choose REAL domains like .com/.net or others that are run by ICANN
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Mar 27 2005, 02:48 AM
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Newbie [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 23-March 05 Member No.: 4,838 |
I'm going to forwarn that I have coppied this straight from their website, so please dont suspend me I'm just trying to help this guy out I dont care If I dont get any credits for it
 anyway...I have copied this: QUOTE Now that you own a dotWORLDS domain, log in to the dotWORLDS site using the e-mail you registered with as your log-in id, along with the password you chose. The menu options on the right hand side of the screen will now change. By clicking on the Control Panel link, you will be able to view the domains in your account. These must be configured in order to work properly. By clicking on a domain name in the Control Panel, you will open the configuration screen for that domain. Fill in as much information as you can in the Category, Keyword and other fields, and below that complete the forwarding option that you require. so basically what you are looking for is a place where it says redirect, it thould have your domain and then a textbox where you can input the domain you want it to redirect to. I'm sorry I couldnt have been of more help I do not own one of their domains so I really cant try and figure it out better, I hope this helped? If not let me know Ill try and look further into it. |
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Mar 27 2005, 03:20 AM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 3-January 05 Member No.: 3,092 |
Well, I've changed the DNS settings for 2 of them, and on the 3rd one, I redirected it to my main site. Then it says that it takes 24 hours for the DNS settings to work, and some time for them to review the redirection URL, but I've waited for almost 3 days, and once I try to go to http://jesus.christ, msn search comes up saying that there is no such URL. The others I try on the site actually tells me that I need to download the plugin, but my sites don't even do that. Anyways, those domains will only be good for email addresses, cause I don't want my visitors to have to download a ActiveX control/Plugin in order to view my site. Thanks by the way.
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Mar 27 2005, 03:42 AM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 4,910 |
well first off you only allowed to register a maximum of 3....But right now im waiting for one of mine to be trasferred at www.slammed.extreme which I just finished adding the trap17 nameserver info and hopefully it will work.....I dunno... at least you didnt pay for them
 so really there wasnt a loss other than a domain you wanted. Im sorry it didnt work out for ya
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Mar 29 2005, 02:26 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 30-July 04 Member No.: 246 |
As someone has already pointed out, these are not real domain names. They require a browser plugin which detects when you are attempting to access an existing pseudo-domain name, and directs you to the appropriate site. So to summarise, these 'domain names' are useless and should be avoided, as no one is going to be able to access them.
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