Buying a domain name that's taken

any strategies? register.com links to afternic.com for
purchase info but they charge like fifty bucks a year - do i need
to go with a company like that?

> any strategies?
is the domain name in use?
if yes- is there any contact info.
if no- first do a whois to see if the ownership info is
public.
if not- try the "wayback machine" for contact info if there
were ever any
pages published there.
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
shouldn't consider a domain name brokerage service till
you've used up free
public info. Or explored different possible names.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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Who would be the best website to buy a domain name from to rename my .mac website. I am in the U.K and I want a site that is easy to understand and can move the domain name to my iweb website with ease. Basically a website that isnt complicated because I am not too computer savvy!
thanks
Lou

Are you asking how you can set things up so that somebody that goes to www.yourdomain.com gets to see your site created with iWeb? Do you currently publish to a .mac account? Then your web site will be somewhere like
http://web.mac.com/yourname
Login to your 1&1 account, and find the button that says "Domains". In the "Domains Overview" list should be an entry like
yourname.com External Domain webspace (/www)
That means the web site is currently pointing at a folder called "www" in your 1&1 account. Just change the destination so that it gets forwarded to
http://web.mac.com/yourname
using HTTP forward. That's it.

Can I buy my domain name now?

I am about to create a Muse site for a client in a month or two but he would like to have his business cards with his web address on it now. Is there any requirements with third arty hosting i should be aware of?
Also is it going to be a problem for me or my client to update the site often using a third party host? I am not a developer and do not know much about coding. Is it possible to buy adobe business catalyst sites that have the adress as .com or .nz rather than .business catalyst?
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Reading this article on pushing a site live and assigning a domain name should help you:
http://www.adobekb.com/launching_pt01.html

How to I get my host email at GoDaddy to work after I've changed the name servers to redirect my domain name that I purchased to my Business Catalyst Site?

I use a mac and I just recently changed my name servers with my purchased domain name at godaddy.com. As a result, I am no longer able to receive emails in my domain name's email address as I have to change some info with Adobe according to godaddy. They have sent me an email with all the info that needs to be changed and I was wondering if someone can walk me through it. Thanks! :-)

I guess, you have resolved the issue on your end.
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1550028
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Can i buy a domain name outright?

im now ready to launch my 1st website and i am wondering how much i should be spending on my domain name? where from and who to host with, uk based. any advice?

Domain Registrars:
godaddy.com (do not host with them !) but the price is good for registering domain names.
http://www.namecheap.com/
Hosting:
Look for a local host in the UK, though it doesn't matter where the site is hosted, as long as you can get support when you need it
Just remember, with hosting, often times, you get what you pay for!
A site for checking out reputations on hosting companies:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/
Personally, I use and have no problems with:
http://www.gowesthosting.com/ (moved a heap of sites to this company a little while ago and they were very helpful).
http://crystaltech.com/ (have since been taken over by another company, so may move the sites from here to the above company as well - as I get a lot more space allocation for a better price).
I've also heard good things about:
http://bluehost.com/

Using Mountain Lion and getting "Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED)" from some domain names that work on other computers on my network.

I can not load some websites/domain names through Firefox,Chrome & Safari. It seems like a DNS caching issue to me. I have tried flusing DNS cache and changing to to public nameservers with varying success. The domains will load on other versions of OSX on my network, so Iappears to be an OS version issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Firefox Error
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The following update also clears your "computer name" in Syst Prefs > Sharing, and entering a computer name solves network print issues for many. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11143
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About changing or updating printer software in Mountain Lion:
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Is there a way to get a domain name if im using iweb?

ok, i have beeen working really hard on this website i made on iweb, but i do not want it to have the "www.apple......." how can i buy my domain name to make it whatever name i want it to be ... " .com"
is there a way to transfer an iweb site to a domain name?

A website at dotMac is:
http://web.mac.com/YourdotMacID/
Using a domain of your own is [regularly discussed|http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?objID=c188&search=Go&q=domai n+webhost] in this forum.
How you publish to such domain is explained in the iWeb Help:
+*Using your own domain name*+
+If you purchased your own domain name (for example, www.example.com) from a service provider, you can use that URL for websites you create with iWeb.+
+These instructions are for sites published to .Mac. If you aren’t publishing to .Mac, see:+
+Publishing to a server or hosting service other than .Mac ►+
+To use your own domain name for a site published to .Mac:+
+Choose File > Set Up Personal Domain.+
+If you are connected to the Internet, the .Mac website opens in your web browser.+
+On the .Mac website, follow the onscreen instructions.+
+It may take a few hours or a few days for forwarding to take effect. If you open iWeb after forwarding has taken effect, your personal domain appears at the bottom of the iWeb window. After you publish your site, you can announce the new URL to your visitors with an announcement email.+
+If iWeb is open when forwarding takes effect, you won’t see your personal domain at the bottom of the iWeb window until after you publish your site.+
+Hit counters don’t reset; they count visitors to your site whether they use your personal domain URL or the .Mac URL.+
OR
+*Publishing to a server or hosting service other than .Mac*+
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+Choose File > “Publish to a Folder.”+
+If you have Subscribe buttons on your site, you must specify your site’s URL in the message that appears.+
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How do you get a new domain name?

I know it must be very simple to do but I just can't understand this process.
Do you have to buy a domain name from places like godaddy.com first?
Or can you created it on MobileMe for free?
Does it take 48hours to take effect?
Thanks

All domain names must be purchased from an domain name provider. GoDaddy.com is just one of many providers.
Once you purchase your name and publish the site you can set up MobileMe to use that domain name in one of two ways:
1 - using the CNAME feature of MobileMe. These documents describes how it is done:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=MobileMe/Account/en/acct17114.html
http://help.godaddy.com/article/4100
2 - using the regular domain name forwarding like this example thru GoDaddy.com (this assumes you purchase the name thru GoDaddy) as seen in this screenshot:
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OT

How to publish custom web site with own domain name?

Hey out there. I wonder if anyone can give me any tips on how to publish a web site with my own domain name.
I have a web site I'm building and I want to purchase a domain name and then publish the site using that domain name.
I know how to buy a domain name. I have a .mac account so I'm hoping that .mac can host the site. What I don't quite understand how to do is get .mac to host the site using that domain name. I looked through Apple Support but couldn't find what I was looking for. Just wondering if anyone has been in this situation. Thanks in advance.
Dave
[email protected]

Dave ~ Welcome to the discussions. .Mac was re-branded as MobileMe last July. If you're not building your site with iWeb, it's considered to be a "custom" website. These Apple docs may help:
MobileMe: How to publish a custom website
iWeb ’08: Using your own domain name
...Use this search page to find such documents:
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search
Note that you don't need to have iLife '08 to be able to direct your domain name to your custom website published to MobileMe. As someone wrote on another thread:
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...Where "MM" is MobileMe here:
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Chaning the OD Domain name (kerberos realm)

Hey folks,
Currently our OD domain is nsnet.com - we don't own that publically, but we use it internally. ... in retrospect, not a wise move.
It hasn't created any DNS issues, or any real problems for that matter ... except one. Its very very hard to get a commercial SSL certificate when you don't own the email address for the domain you want to secure.
I've been toying with the idea of changing the domain and kerberos realm to a domain name that I can buy...but I am curious how (if it all) I can change the OD Domain and Realm in Leopard server?
One thought is to blow away the OD domain and start from scratch - we are only talking about 15 macs, a few linux boxes and about 5 users ... but if I can change it easily then I'd like to try that first.
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Hi
The Kerberos Realm Name is derived from what is configured in the DNS Service so you would have to change that first. This could have major repercussions (inevitably it always does) if you have any other Service running dependent on DNS; Web, iCal, SUS etc.
Demotion to Standalone, re-configuring the DNS Service and re-promotion is certainly the way I would go if you have the amount of users you currently have. In a funny way its probably quicker. One avenue you can explore is to change the DNS Service to reflect the change and then issue changeip:
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man changeip for usage.
If the IP address is not changing then leave it the same. As an example your server's FQDN could be myserver.mydomain.com yielding a Kerberos Realm of MYSERVER.MYDOMAIN.COM and an IP address of 172.16.16.254, in which case the command would look like this:
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You'll be prompted first for the System Admin name and password as well as the Directory Admin name and password (diradmin). A couple of restarts and possibly you might be on track. If this does not work - sometimes it does not - go for demotion and proceed from there.
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Domain Name Purchase for SharePoint Apps

I am having some difficulty wrapping my head around this and are hoping someone can help me with this.
I am setting up a development environment (1 wfe and 2 db servers mirrored) and some articles are telling me to purchase a domain name for the app store, and some articles are saying that you can use a sub-domain (although less secure). I am interested in
knowing what the majority of people are doing when setting up the app store in a development environment.
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If you are developing internally then you don't need to buy a domain name, you can just direct traffic to your App domain using DNS.
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HELP: is it possible to have my own domain name forward to a .mac/iwebblog?

Just got a macbook pro last week. brand new to this/have no idea what i'm doing. want to get my own domain name. is it possible to buy a domain name ie
'Testing123.Com' and have it so that when i publish my blog on my .mac/iweb account, the domain name forwards/links to the .mac blog?
in other words, the .mac/iweb blog address is too long/convoluted...i want something catchier. so is it possible? please advise...would be eternally grateful. thanks so much,
Emily

Emily:
Yes, you can purchase a domain name and have it forwarded to your iWeb produced site. You'll need to buy the name first. GoDaddy.com seems to be a very popular site to purchase domain names.
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Domain name and hosting provider

Can anyone recommend a good domain name and hosting provider (preferably based in Australia if possible) that I can use to set up my customers' websites? I'm with Domain Central and ready to hang myself. I've been with them for 3 years and decided to stay because it was just too hard to leave, but if I could find something better I'd be out of there. The interface is the most confusing, erronious, complex, slow, antiquated and difficult piece of software I've ever known and the help documentation in way relates to what is actually there.
I have a reseller account with them, which means I buy the domain name and hosting space at about half the price that it would normally be, make a small profit on it, and still pass on a good rate to my customers. Domain Central is cheap, but after this latest fiasco, I've wasted so much time on Help desk it's not worth it. I want a provider that has an easy to use, straightforward website, so I can sign up for some sort of reseller account, buy the domain name and hosting at a discounted rate, do the name servers and all that stuff myself and even set up email accounts without too much grief and suffering.
Any advice would be so appreciated. What do other web designers do? I've come to the point of having a hollow feeling of dread when I log in to Domain Central : (

I'd recommend heading over to www.webhostingtalk.com . You'll get a better and faster response. But you will need to be more specific for them with your needs. The registrar part is simple, but the hosting you should add in what type of plan you think you are looking for (reseller, VPS, dedicated), how much space/bandwidth you require, environment (Unix vs Windows), database/scripting information, etc., etc.

Want to publish two differnt sites to totally different domain names.

I would like to publish the 2 sites I have created but want them to be directed to different domain names - is this possible? I want to buy two domain names (www.blank.com and www.empty.com) but I could not find how to do that or if it is possible.

To do this you really need to go with a commercial hosting service rather than .Mac for publishing. You could have one site on your .Mac account and one on another server, or have two .Mac accounts, but this is not a very cost effective way of doing it.
Most hosting services will give you at least one free domain registration.....
http://www.hostexcellence.com/index.php/v2/pages.packages
... and allow you to publish several sites.
A useful tool for researching the availability of domain names is this dashboard widget...
http://namecat.com/domain-name-grabber-widget.html
By doing this you lose the advantage of "one click" publishing and a few of the features of iWeb. You will have to publish your website to a folder and upload it to the server with an FTP application.
The main advantages are that, if you choose a reliable company, it is cheaper and you will have a faster and more reliable service with the benefit of tech support.

Domain names with iWeb

I know there has been a lot of discussion on this topic, but I haven't seen anything that answers my more basic questions. I have a .Mac site and would like to give it a personal domain name. I am handy with my .Mac site but know nothing about web pages, domain names etc and how they function (thus the beauty of .Mac that does the work for me). Any help with the following questions would be greatly appreciated. Please keep responses somewhat simple so I can start to understand...
1- If I register a domain name and forward it to my .mac site, what exactly is happening. For example, if I get a name from xyz.com that offers me a domain name, web space, email etc, and I use this name for my .mac site, is anything actually hosted by the xyz.com site? Make sense? All I want is the name. I don't plan to use any of the other services so I want to buy the smallest package. If this package only offers 75 MB of storage, but my .Mac site has more than that on it currently, will this cause a problem? Or, am I just simply slapping on the name and continuing to use all the .Mac functions regardless of the domain name's restrictions. Hope I was clear...
2- Where should I get my domain name? GoDaddy, A Small Orange....?
I guess that is it for now. I really want to know if I will need to change the way I do things, manage storage etc if I get a personal domain name, or is it business as usuall with a new name?
Thanks in advance for your help. Nick

Hi Elmeroguero,
If you buy a domain name at GoDaddy say elmeroguero.com for 10$/yr you then will be able to access the site you publish on .mac by entering elmeroguero.com.
EVERYTHING ELSE is business as usual. You publish your website by hitting publish button in iWeb and so on just as you did until now. All your pages are stored on .Mac and so on. The only thing changing is how you can access your website from browser (nevertheless you will also still be able to access your website typing the web.mac.com/username/ address).
Regards,
Cédric
(Difference between WebForward, WebForward with cloaking and CNAME:
-WebForward: after you typed elmeroguero.com in the browser you get forwarded to web.mac.com/username/ and web.mac.com/username/ will display in the browser
-WebForward with Cloaking: after you typed elmeroguero.com in the browser elmeroguero.com will display in the browser and don't change while people browse through your website
-CNAME elmeroguero.com will display instead of web.mac.com/username/ and while browsing through your website it will look like elmeroguero.com/sitename/nameofpagepeoplelookatnow.html)

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