In the future for when I get a top level domain, is it possible to keep my current trap17 subdomain and have it forward to the new domain, just in case visitors do not know that the domain has changed?

Yes there is a way to do that. It is a url mask which will cover over the subdomain. So of course people who try to go to the sub domain will still see the sub domain though. I would just give a notice to people that the domain is going to change a week or so in advance and you can have the domain redirect to the subdomain for a bit after the change and then get rid of the sub domain later on down the road.

The best way to do it, in my opinion, is to add-on your domain to your hosting account. This creates a separate FOLDER of your choice under your public_html.

And have this index.php file with header() line under your sub-domain (in this case public_html):
This will act as forwarding all trafic that goes to your sub-domain to designated location (in this case to your domain name).

OR, you can use FORWARDING option under cPanel to redirect from one place to another, i.e. your sub-domain to your top domain. But the key is to add-on your domain to your hosting account to separate the location of your files.

I use a .htaccess file
in the main directory create a text doc named .htaccess the . has to be there or it wont work.
all that needs to be in the file is a single line w/ this code edit as needed

save and test
mine is simply


you could also make a html page and add a redirect page that says we've moved click here if you're not automatically redirected

just add this to the head in your html doc (probably index.htm)



the zero is a timer (seconds) you can change that to say 5 and they will see the page temporarily for 5 seconds b4 the redirect.

Thanks so much! It's getting close to when I finally get my own domain! I'm pretty excited. I think I'll write an announcement a week or so before, but I'll still use the subdomain to domain redirecting.

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