I don't know anything about it, so I have to ask ...
I have a domain name registered with dotster: MyOld.com
Maybe I will get a new domain name: MyNew.com
The search engine rating is quite high, so I don't want to loose MyOld.com. Right now it is pointing to my old shared webhost. But I found a new webhost. What do I have to do?
Change to settings in dotster to point to the new host? Of course I will have to inform my new webhost, too.
If I keep the pages, description and keyword the same, the search engine should not have too much of a problem. Right?
Is it possible to point two domain names to the same IP? MyOld.com and MyNew.com to the same new webhost?
This depends on your webhost. Many have a DNS service that will set the authoritative web servers for you. Otherwise you can just set the CNAME on the domain to that of your new webhost.
Changing the underlying host should have no discernable impact on your search engine rank,etc.
Yes! Absolutely.
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This may not even be possible but I'm trying to figure out the URL of the main domain for an add-on domain.
Lets say for example the site is at mymaindomain.com.
If I go to
http://mymaindomain.com/cpanel (or :2082 or :2083)
I get nothing.
That is because mymaindomain.com is an add on domain for the hosting account.
Lets say the primary domain on the account is myprimarydomain.com and this was the domain originally set up with the hosting account. However, this domain is no longer valid and not being leased by the hosting client anymore.
If I log in to cpanel using the old main domain by going to
http://myprimarydomain.com/cpanel (or :2082 or :2083)
I am able to get into cpanel.
The problem is, there must be a new main domain name associated with this account, but I don't know what it is.
Is there any way to find this out given cpanel access to the account?
Is there any other way to find out what the primary domain is on the account?
Any help is much appreciated and bounty will be awarded promptly to the first correct answer.
Sorry, my rep is too low to comment yet, I was wondering if you are able to get the IP of your server once you are in cpanel. (Should be on the right side). If so ... can you go here and input the IP and tell me what the 'node hostname' says? Also ISP might help.
getIP.com
I work for Johns Hopkins University, and our web culture here has been an unruled wilderness for many years. We're trying to get a handle on the enormous number of registered subdomains across our part of the web-universe, and even our IT department is having some trouble tracking down the unabridged list.
Is there a tool or a script that would do this quickly and semi-easily? I'm a developer and would write something but I want to find out if this wheel has been created already.
Alternatively, is there a fancy way to google search, more than just *.jhu.edu or site: .jhu.edu, because those searches turn up tons of sites that use "jhu.edu" in the end of their urls (ex. www.keywordspy.com/organic/domain.aspx?q=cer.jhu.edu)
Thanks for your thoughts on this one!
The Google search site:*.jhu.edu seems to work well for me.
That said, you can also use Wolfram Alpha. Using this search, in the third box click "Subdomains" and then in the new subdomains section that is created click "More".
As #Mark B alluded to in his comment, the only way a domain name (sub or otherwise) has any real value is if a DNS service maps it to a server so that a browser can send it a request. The only way to track down all of the sub-domains is to track down their DNS entries. Thankfully, DNS servers are fairly easy to find, depending on the level of access you have to the network infrastructure and the authoritative DNS server for the parent domain.
If you are able to, you can pull DNS traffic from firewall logs in and around your network. That will let you find DNS servers that are being sent requests for your sub-domains.
Easier though would be to simply follow the DNS trail. The authoritative DNS server for your domain (jhu.edu) will have pointers to the other DNS servers that are authoritative for sub-domains (if your main one is not authoritative already).
If you have access to the domain registrar and have the proper authorization, you should be able to contact technical support and request the zone file or even export it yourself depending on the provider.
I'm trying to set up a domain with the .ka suffix for a URL shortener for a project I'm working on. Similar to drbl.in for example. I've checked online and this suffix doesn't seemed to registered to any country yet or appear of any domain name service. Any ideas on how to fix this up, or if its even possible?
Thanks
There is no .ka TLD. So you'll have to pick a different one.
Full TLD List: http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
Here is a list of all top-level domains. Since .ka is not on that list, you cannot register a domain ending in .ka.
In terms of having that domain added, refer to the IANA procedure for establishing new country-code TLDs. The short version is: pick a new suffix.
As the others have said, the .ka domain extension does not exist.
It's quite difficult to get a new domain extension approved. ICANN, which accepts applications for making new TLDs, opens this registration process only every few years and it is also quite expensive.
Here's more info on getting your own TLD: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/afilias-explains-how-to-get-your-own-top-level-domain-tld/
If you're only after domain hacking and are not too particular about the spelling (as long as it sounds the same), then you might want to consider a .ca domain instead.
If you're interested, you can check if your domain hack is still available here:
https://www.marcaria.com/ws/en/domains/canada-domain-registration-ca
I currently have my own domain name and dedicated server and I offer different packages to my clients. What I want to be able to do is have them sign up with my website and create a package automatically that they can access via their username as a subdomain e.g.
http://yourusername.mywebsite.com
I currently have DNS entries set up for various subdomains with real information for my website e.g.
Name Type IP Address
# A 1.2.3.4
bugs A 1.2.3.4
support A 1.2.3.4
However, if a new customer signs up at the moment I have to go and manually create an entry for them with their username in it.
I'm sure I've seen websites that manage to do this automatically, does anyone have any ideas how, or any other methods that I should be using?
Thanks,
Mark
Since you apparently do not control the name servers, your choices are quite limited. One possibility is to use a wildcard DNS record:
* A 192.0.2.1
where the star will replace every name. Not ideal (inexisting domains will also appear).
The details depend on which DNS server you're using.
One approach is to have some code that opens the DNS zone file and adds the desired records. On Linux with Bind, you will then need to signal the server to get it re-read the zone file.
With Simple DNS Plus, you can easily add such a DNS record through the included HTTP API. For example:
http://127.0.0.1:8053/updatehost?host=yourusername.mywebsite.com&data=1.2.3.4
Since you apparently do not control the name servers, your choices are quite limited. Nevertheless, every serious DNS hoster provide you with a API (see for instance Slicehost's API). So, you may use this API and write a small program to update the DNS data.
(Foot note: handling paying customers when you do not even control the name servers seem... bad)
Greetings All,
Long time reader first time poster.
I work for a small school district. We are our own SOA so we can pretty much do what we want.
In the state of Washington all educational institutions are given a name like myschools.wednet.edu. I've recently purchased a new and hopefully easier to remember domain myschools.org and I'd like to use both domains and have them point to the same information and subdomains i.e. helpdesk.myschools.org would equal helpdesk.myschools.wednet.edu. I'd also like this to work with e-mail but I think this is a bit more complicated.
I'm sure this has been done, but I'm not entirely sure I'm asking the question in a way that can be easily answered.
Any and all help is appreciated.
TIA,
Dave
To do this, you'll have multiple DNS record entries (A-Recs) pointing to the same IP Address. You may also need to tweak IIS (or your web server software) to accept requests coming from both domains.
So...in your DNS manager (e.g. in Register.com or whereever you manage your domains) change the A-Rec to point myschools.org (your domain) to the same server IP address where myschools.wednet.edu is currently pointed (I take it that you told them where to point the subdomain).
If you are using IIS then setting up multiple domains on one web site is easy. You'll create just one web site (or use the one to which wednet.edu points). Next, right-click the web site in IIS and choose Properties. On the "Web Site" tab, click "Advanced" and in the resulting dialog, use the "Add" button to add your additional domains/subdomains. That's all you'll need to do.
Hope this helps!
If you want lots of subdomain entries to map from one domain to the other then you'll need to either add A or CNAME records in the new domain pointing to the old domain.
In most cases I'd recommend a CNAME, however if you want the unadorned "myschools.org" domain to respond to HTTP requests that would have to be an A record, because you can't put in a CNAME at the top level of a zone.
Alternatively, there's a relatively new DNS record type called DNAME which can map an entire domain to another in one fell swoop. Unfortunately it's not widely supported yet.
All you should do is create two 'A' records, one of host-type '#' and the other one of host-type 'www' both should point to the IP address of your server.
It could be a bit confusing, here's an example of how to set it up #GoDaddy's: