Custom Hostname

[jowille]

I just purchased a professional account and obtained a domain thru GoDaddy. I have set it per the instructions on the smugmug help and if I type in my url;

jowillephoto.com

it will take me to my smugmug site. But, if I type in www.jowillephoto.com (http://www.jowillephoto.com) I get a message saying that it cannot find the DNS. It does this in Firefox and Internet explorer. In my account settings on smugmug I have typed in www.jowillephoto.com (http://www.jowillephoto.com). Am I missing something obvious? Sorry if this is too simple, but I am a newbie at this.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill

[minoltaman]

I just purchased a professional account and obtained a domain thru GoDaddy. I have set it per the instructions on the smugmug help and if I type in my url;

jowillephoto.com

it will take me to my smugmug site. But, if I type in www.jowillephoto.com (http://www.jowillephoto.com/) I get a message saying that it cannot find the DNS. It does this in Firefox and Internet explorer. In my account settings on smugmug I have typed in www.jowillephoto.com (http://www.jowillephoto.com/). Am I missing something obvious? Sorry if this is too simple, but I am a newbie at this.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

BillIt takes a while for full propagation around the net to take place. I can see your site from here using that url, but it is possibly not everyone can yet. It usually takes somewhere between 12-48 hours or so for this prpagation to be completed. Once this is done you should be able to see your site from everywhere.

This sounds like your situation and I hope this helps.
Cheers

-don

[jowille]

Thanks Don,

Are you seeing it with www.jowillephoto.net? I'll give it time and see what happens.

Thanks,

Bill

[rainforest1155]

Bill,
Welcome to dgrin and your .com is working now! :clap

Sebastian

[jowille]

thanks! I have a lot of learning and work to do! I think this forum will be a big help. :):

I just started to do some equestrian photography, so I'm practicing with them. Am gearing up to do little league photos. Should be fun!

Bill

[minoltaman]

Thanks Don,

Are you seeing it with www.jowillephoto.net? (http://www.jowillephoto.net/?) I'll give it time and see what happens.

Thanks,

BillNot from my place yet. I have seen instances where it only takes a few hours or so, others, up to a few days. FWI, if you use private registration or change to private registration, the time it takes is usually a bit longer.

Cheers

-don

[jowille]

Thanks again Don, I did use private registration, so I will give it more time.

This stuff is fun, but it is a nice day outside today....:):

Thanks,

Bill

[digismile]

Your url http://www.jowillephoto.com/ is working for me at 10:38 MDT Apr 10

Brad

[minoltaman]

Thanks again Don, I did use private registration, so I will give it more time.

This stuff is fun, but it is a nice day outside today....:):

Thanks,

BillI hear that, I have a couple mega-blisters from the last two days. I live near Chicago and hate the long winters so I have decided to install my own inventory of flowers to shoot this summer. Somewhere around 1500 sq feet more of flowers to add to what I already have. About 50 different flavors should be popping. The weather the last three days has been just wonderful and I am heading back out to enjoy it now.:clap

Take it easy.

-don

[jowille]

thanks Brad and Minoltaman! I see it all working here now! I really appreciate the help and advice. This forum is going to be a huge help! I have been looking around and getting used to the layout of the forum, so I will try to do better searches so hopefully I won't be repeating too many questions.

Much appreciated, to all!

Bill

[KeithH]

I'm a little confused about this. Do I really direct the CNAME record to www.smugmug.com (http://www.smugmug.com), like the directions say, and NOT to my smugmug address? I don't see how this would work, but what do I know.

The first time I did it according to the instructions I was taken to SmugMug's home page when I typed in my own URL, so I went back and deleted that and entered my smugmug address. I'm waiting to see what happens. I'll probably have to change it back. Thanks.

[KeithH]

Oops! I forgot the other step. I forgot to go into account settings, professional features and enter the custom host name there. I'm sure that will take care of it. Nevermind..... but a little reminder on the instruction page (http://www.smugmug.com/help/professional-accounts) page my be good for people like myself. Sorry!