Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Re-directing site traffic Q?

Options
  • 10-01-2008 12:17pm
    #1
    sturgo
    Registered Users Posts: 845 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a site hosted with a ".ie" domain. I also have a ".com" domain with the same name. I want to be able to point the ".com" at the "".ie" domain. Both were registered with separate companies. One here and one is the US. I have passwords and usernames for both.

    How do I get the ".com" to display the same page as the ".ie"?

    Thanks.


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    m_stan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭m_stan


    Ideally you would '301 redirect' one site to the other, and you'd do it in such a way that every page on one site gets mapped (or redirected) to the same relative page on the other domain. How do to this depends on what server you are on and whether you have access to make the changes yourself. Is this IIS or Apache ? *edit* Specifically I mean the .com site, as you wont need any changes on the .ie.


  • Options
    #3
    randombar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭randombar


    you just log into the .com control panel and do a redirect?


  • Options
    #4
    sturgo
    Registered Users Posts: 845 ✭✭✭sturgo


    I logged onto the ".com" control panel, changed the name servers to the ".ie" hosts name servers and re-directed to the ".ie" address under the URL forwarding option.

    I wonder is that all I have to do???


  • Options
    #5
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    No, that won't work.

    Unless you have an account on the server where the .ie domain is, your .com will no longer be reachable.

    Do you have hosting for the .com?


  • Options
    #6
    m_stan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭m_stan


    sturgo wrote: »
    I logged onto the ".com" control panel, changed the name servers to the ".ie" hosts name servers and re-directed to the ".ie" address under the URL forwarding option.

    I wonder is that all I have to do???

    Why come here asking for advice on what to do, and then ignore questions from people who know what they are doing, if you are going to do your own thing anyway ? ppfffff


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    sturgo
    Registered Users Posts: 845 ✭✭✭sturgo


    dublindude wrote: »
    No, that won't work.

    Unless you have an account on the server where the .ie domain is, your .com will no longer be reachable.

    Do you have hosting for the .com?

    I do have an account on the server where the .ie but don't have the hosting for the .com.

    *edit*

    Sorry m-stan I didn't see your reply. I've absolutely no details on the .com server. All I have is the .com DNS username & password.


  • Options
    #8
    sturgo
    Registered Users Posts: 845 ✭✭✭sturgo


    Just got sorted. Changed the name servers and notified my hosting company of the changes.

    Cheers!


Advertisement