Like many folks, I created a personal web-page many years ago using Yahoo's GeoCities service. They finally closed down around about the end of 2009. I had already saved my web pages and started converting them for use on my ISP - cox.com. I reserved my own domain name for this site a few years ago and pre-paid for it through 2014. Now that name pointed to a generic Yahoo! business site.
My domain name is paid for through Network Solutions, so I logged onto the account and tried changing the DNS to point to cox - rookie mistake - now that domain name pointed nowhere. In frustration, I typed redirect in their search box and at the bottom was an entry for Domain Name Forwarding. They charge $12 per year and it works perfectly. You even get the option to mask the site name, so it looks like my own domain rather than a members.cox.net site.
Network Solutions offers many more services for the professional web developer than I'll ever need, but I'm glad they also support casual users with simple vanity pages.
I'm sure a simple Google search can find many other solutions for redirecting a domain or web-page. Very helpful if you dread retraining family members to find your site.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
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