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Domain forward to itself

Posted By user_3206

9/23/2012 12:28

Can you please allow a domain to be forwarded to itself?

"Could not forward domain.com Cannot forward to itself (the same domain)"

Why does this makes sense?

Well, to forward http://domain.com to http://www.domain.com

Particularly useful when www is cnamed elsewhere.

Thanks,

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Posted By teamdynadot

9/23/2012 16:01

We can't have a domain forward to itself, so what people usually do, especially when using a CNAME, is have the main domain record forward to the www version like in the example below.

How do I create a CNAME?

A CNAME record is short-hand for Canonical Name record, which allows you to assign a domain or subdomain to another address or hostname. CNAME records should only be used if you can't use an A record.

NOTE: If you already have an A record within the Domain records section, please SKIP step 5!

To create a CNAME, please follow these steps:

Sign in to your Dynadot account.
Select "My Domains" from the left-side menu bar and click "Manage Domains" in the drop-down.
Check the box next to the domain name(s) and select "DNS Settings" from the "Action" drop-down menu.
On the new page, select the "Dynadot DNS" option from the drop-down menu.
In the "Domain Record (optional)" section at the top, select "Forward" as the record type, choose forward type, and enter "https://www.yourdomainname.ext" as the "Target Host". (NOTE: This is optional and please replace the value based on your own domain name.)
Under the "Subdomain Record (optional)" field, enter "www" as the subdomain, select "CNAME" as the record type and enter the CNAME record given to you.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Save Settings" button to save your changes.

Please be aware that it might take some time for your changes to propagate.

A CNAME may be necessary for your domain to work with the following: Blogger, Blogspot, TypePad, iweb, MobileMe, zenfolio, ning.

Your settings should look similar to what is shown below:

From Help Section: Account & Domain Management > Domain Settings > How do I create a CNAME?

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Posted By e_medan_id_2

2/26/2013 08:05

The problem is,
we do not want to redirecting to google apps when accessing our web.
we want to open our website as well.

tq

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Posted By teamdynadot

2/27/2013 17:35

I think you were just missing the www in the forwarding URL. You can forward your main domain to the www version, but not to itself. It's set up correctly now.

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