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Cados Evilsbane
07-01-2004, 04:31 PM
I recently registered a .biz domain name. My problem is that I want for that web address to take people to my website (an EZBoard) when they type it in. Would someone please tell me how to do this?

Thanks! Cados
rizzoid
07-01-2004, 06:15 PM
The easiest option, if it is available to you, is simply to set up a page on your web host and have it issue a redirect header.

In PHP, it'd be:

<? header( "Location: http://pub99.ezboard.com/bcadoshouseofporn" ); ?>

And save that in your index.php (or similar). All you need to do is make sure the location line is sent out in the header. Should you use ASP, Perl, Cold Fusion, etc, you'll need to find instructions as I don't know their syntax off the top of my head.

Your domain host may also provide a redirect option where you simply type in the URL of your EZ Board location and their software does it all automagically.

Feel free to ask questions if you need more assistance.
Cados Evilsbane
07-01-2004, 07:01 PM
Well, I found out that my domain host will redirect my address for the incredibly low price of.. $99! Hmm, no thanks. Instead, I bought a redirect from another service for a year for a fraction of the cost; I just hope it works. Anyway, thanks for your help grammar-man!
Gekster
07-01-2004, 09:14 PM
If you put this HTML code in between the <head> tags of an HTML page it should work.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://pub99.ezboard.com/bcadoshouseofporn">
Cados Evilsbane
07-01-2004, 11:08 PM
LoL, Cadoshouseofporn, only Rizz could come up with that! Anyway, where on EZBoard settings could I put that HTML? And where in the code do I mention the domain address I purchased?
Gekster
07-01-2004, 11:18 PM
Put that HTML code in the index (main page) of your website.