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jbee
Sep-04-2006, 05:04 PM
I've a proaccount and am successfully using a cname at my godaddy registered domain to point to the proaccount.

But right now it only works with www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com).

How do I set it up so either www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com) or http://mysite.com from the browser will work?

A second question is:

Can I now have multiple domains pointing to the smugmug account? I see some talk of linking one to the other, to the other which now(?) works but the help file still says 'Dont!'?

And a final third question:
If a forwarding is setup which conflicts with a cname, who wins? (A rather hypothectical question right now)

Thanks in advance.
Andy
Sep-04-2006, 05:18 PM
I've a proaccount and am successfully using a cname at my godaddy registered domain to point to the proaccount.

But right now it only works with www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com).

you can use an A record on godaddy, with the A record going to our IP address: http://www.smugmug.com/help/professional-accounts
How do I set it up so either www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com) or http://mysite.com from the browser will work?



A second question is:

Can I now have multiple domains pointing to the smugmug account? I see some talk of linking one to the other, to the other which now(?) works but the help file still says 'Dont!'?

the 2nd customname would have to be forwarded to your primary name, the one that is CNAME aliased to SmugMug

And a final third question:
If a forwarding is setup which conflicts with a cname, who wins? (A rather hypothectical question right now)

Thanks in advance. I don't know the answer to this, I'm sorry. I'll try and find out.
jbee
Sep-04-2006, 05:22 PM
Any good way of making sure I know if yr. ip address changes?
Andy
Sep-04-2006, 05:27 PM
Any good way of making sure I know if yr. ip address changes?
No, I'm afraid not.
jbee
Sep-04-2006, 05:38 PM
If I setup the A name, can I leave the custom host setting in smugmug alone? Or what should that be?
Andy
Sep-04-2006, 05:57 PM
If I setup the A name, can I leave the custom host setting in smugmug alone? Or what should that be?
Required is the CNAME Alias to www.smugmug.com
optional, on top of that, is an A record to our IP address. So yeah, leave the CNAME alone :D
jbee
Sep-04-2006, 06:05 PM
Thanks Andy. I'll play another day.