URL change?

**Guest** Guest

When I get the new layout up - hopefully in the near future - can we have our forums in some way linked to the cosplay.co.nz domain name? I know that it is possible. :)

The way I see it, we could have~

forums.cosplay.co.nz
or
www.cosplay.co.nz/forums

Yes/no? :3

By Basaka. 22/11/08, 11:30 am

I dont like those / thingys.

By creature124. 22/11/08, 11:33 am

I have no issue with the way things are really. Google ftw. I voted for Jen to shut up ^_^ but the next best would be forums.cosplay.co.nz

By Kitten Slave. 22/11/08, 11:37 am

mmm, not too sure if www.cosplay.co.nz/forums would work, would have to check the iis options where the cosplay.co.nz site is hosted. It is possible the host could an iis header to do the redirection to that url, but cuz forumotion is an external site, dunno...

Id need to check on forums.cosplay.co.nz unless someone knows off the top of their head (JP stare

). Prolly need to register it as a separate...
If no one has an answer by Monday, Ill take a look when I get into work...

I have a bookmark directly to the forum, but I can see that if the cosplay site were regularly updated to attract newbs, it would be good to have a direct link on it nodnod

Perhaps just a nice pic or somesuch labeled cosplay forums with a link here?

By creature124. 22/11/08, 11:40 am

Kitten Slave wrote:: mmm, not too sure if www.cosplay.co.nz/forums would work, would have to check the iis options where the cosplay.co.nz site is hosted. It is possible the host could an iis header to do the redirection to that url, but cuz forumotion is an external site, dunno...

Id need to check on forums.cosplay.co.nz unless someone knows off the top of their head (JP ). Prolly need to register it as a separate...
If no one has an answer by Monday, Ill take a look when I get into work...

forums.cosplay.co.nz would be a subdomain of cosplay.co.nz, which I belive is free, or at least cheap to add. It should be no issue to have that subdomain load this and simply mask as the domain....I used to do it with the free .tk pages and freewebs sites all the time.

By **jpwise**. 22/11/08, 11:54 am

Yes. It's just a subdomain. Normally when you host a domain you can specific whatever records you like for it. In this case it would just be an A record on the cosplay.co.nz domain.

**Guest** Guest

are subdomains free to add? :3 I know they are with iServe, but I've got no clue who we're with at the moment. oO

What I would love to to do with the main cosplay.co.nz site is have two big red buttons on it - one for "click here to go to the forums" and another for "click here for more info about cosplay in NZ". Then there'd be basic pages like ACP/what is cosplay/who are we etc.

and I knew SOMEONE would vote for me to shut up. whee

By **jpwise**. 22/11/08, 12:01 pm

Yeah, once you own the domain you can host as many domains under that if you want.

cosplay.co.nz is the actual domain.
www.cosplay.co.nz is a subdomain using an A record.

my gallery site is the same.
of.geek.nz is the actual domain.
gallery.of.geek.nz is a subdomain using an A record.

You can also have sub sub domains aswell.

It's just an entry in the DNS providers config, pretty simple to do, and you can point it to another server without a problem. ie: still have forumotion.com servers, but the forums.cosplay.co.nz points to their servers, whilst www.cosplay.co.nz stays hosted where it is.

By creature124. 22/11/08, 12:06 pm

Aurellion wrote:: and I knew SOMEONE would vote for me to shut up.

Yeah, the temptation was too great for my weak will.

JP knows his stuff better than I do, since I've never owned a domain myself. It should be dead simple to set up though, no matter who you are with for hosting.

**Guest** Guest

coolio~ Thank you. nodnod

I used to own a domain quite a while ago and dabbled in php etc, but most of my knowledge for all that has disappeared. whee

So yeah - [bows down to jp].

By **jpwise**. 22/11/08, 12:13 pm

lol, yeah, domains are fun. when you're dealing with multiple servers they're the only way to go. :)

By Kei. 22/11/08, 12:24 pm

+1 forums.cosplay.co.nz

It just looks neater.

And, do you run a webhosting biz or some such, JP? o_O

By **jpwise**. 22/11/08, 12:31 pm

lol, nah, just a geek who happens to run multiple servers. Razz

By Pura. 22/11/08, 12:34 pm

I want to change my vote D:

By Kitten Slave. 22/11/08, 12:35 pm

Meh, I can program stuff, I kinda suck at other things whee

By **Duckeh**. 22/11/08, 03:52 pm

MIMI FTL.

UHR... Tammy can go talk to him.
Also, I needa pay some moar moneyz for the domain, IT'S COMING UP TO A YEAR~~

Feels like longer. o-o;

By **jpwise**. 22/11/08, 03:54 pm

How much are you paying for it at the moment, for domain & hosting? If you dont' mind me asking.

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By **Duckeh**. 22/11/08, 03:58 pm

I'm just paying $30/$25 for the domain for each year.
Hosting is free through friend.
c.c'

By creature124. 22/11/08, 04:42 pm

Duckeh wrote:: I'm just paying $30/$25 for the domain for each year.
Hosting is free through friend.
c.c'

Ohgod. you are talking about mimi.

Transfer that sugar honey iced tea onto Hoggs server at the same time ^_^

By **Duckeh**. 22/11/08, 04:43 pm

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:: I'm just paying $30/$25 for the domain for each year.
Hosting is free through friend.
c.c'

Ohgod. you are talking about mimi.

Transfer that sugar honey iced tea onto Hoggs server at the same time ^_^

;-;
Mimi may take offence....
D8

By creature124. 22/11/08, 04:51 pm

Duckeh wrote:

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:: I'm just paying $30/$25 for the domain for each year.
Hosting is free through friend.
c.c'

Ohgod. you are talking about mimi.

Transfer that sugar honey iced tea onto Hoggs server at the same time ^_^

;-;
Mimi may take offence....
D8

So?

By **Duckeh**. 22/11/08, 05:00 pm

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:: I'm just paying $30/$25 for the domain for each year.
Hosting is free through friend.
c.c'

Ohgod. you are talking about mimi.

Transfer that sugar honey iced tea onto Hoggs server at the same time ^_^

;-;
Mimi may take offence....
D8

So?

BLARRRRRRRRRRGH.

By creature124. 22/11/08, 05:06 pm

Duckeh wrote:

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:: I'm just paying $30/$25 for the domain for each year.
Hosting is free through friend.
c.c'

Ohgod. you are talking about mimi.

Transfer that sugar honey iced tea onto Hoggs server at the same time ^_^

;-;
Mimi may take offence....
D8

So?

BLARRRRRRRRRRGH.

Mimi is crazy about you. You could just bat your eyelashes and all would be forgiven. So. I think we should move it to Hoggs' server.

By **Duckeh**. 22/11/08, 05:08 pm

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:

creature124 wrote:

Duckeh wrote:: I'm just paying $30/$25 for the domain for each year.
Hosting is free through friend.
c.c'

Ohgod. you are talking about mimi.

Transfer that sugar honey iced tea onto Hoggs server at the same time ^_^

;-;
Mimi may take offence....
D8

So?

BLARRRRRRRRRRGH.

Mimi is crazy about ~~you.~~ Tammy. ~~You~~She could just bat ~~your~~ her eyelashes and all would be forgiven. So. I think we should move it to Hoggs' server.

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