I work for a local research university in the sociology dept. I want to start a web site for my organization so I bought the domain from godaddy.com, but they want to ad advertising and all the junk to the site. How do I take the name and host the site on the university's servers without anymore interference from godaddy?
2006-06-21 15:23:34 · 7 answers · asked by NEGREYJR 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
You can try a DNS fowarding service. It will register your url to their server and foward everything to yours....you could run a website in your house if you so desired.
2006-06-21 15:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by urndway 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to phpwebhosting.com and take a look. They have tutorials/instructions on how to setup hosting [1]. They are not the only web hosting provider, but they are a cheap and reliable option. My site, astrogibs.com, is hosted there. I too registered my domain name through GoDaddy.
GoDaddy.com is a domain registrar [2] primarily. What you need now is web site hosting [3]. A useful metaphor for this would be to think of the domain registrar as the post office, and the web host as a landlord. The post office knows where you live, and how to get things to you. But you don't live inside your address; Your address is just a pointer to your domicile, where you live. So, you need both a domain registrar AND a web hosting provider.
I'm surprised that your university doesn't have hosting for faculty.
[1] http://phpwebhosting.com/step.html
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_registrar
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_host
2006-06-21 15:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by Eric G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them to take a hike! You dont need a domain name in the first place. All you need is webspace which your isp probably already provides in your account. All you need next is to build a site. Depending on how elaborate you want it, you may find web authoring tools in your account also. If you decide you want a domain name try yahoo. They sell them for 3 dollars a year now. The domain name simply redirects searchers to your actual web site addy which will be provided by your isp or wherever your storage is. If only people in your org are going to use it all they need is the addy.
2006-06-21 15:34:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the ones listed should help you, there are a few but really I would stick with the obvious ones like Autotrader as at least you know it's a real car / company. You could also find a car dealer near where you live, visit there web site and contact them, could be a safe way of doing it.
2016-05-20 10:13:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go with Midphase
http://www.daylon.com/midphase/
they will give you a free domain for the life of the account and handle the transfer from Godaddy.
Aside from that they're the best host I've ever seen.
good luck.
2006-06-23 02:59:53 · answer #5 · answered by nolyad69 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you own a domain name, you can take it with you to anywhere else you want. When you find a new host, just let them know the name and they will be able to move it for you. (There may be a small fee for doing it, but not always).
2006-06-21 15:28:23 · answer #6 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just apply at geocities.com and there u can transfer ur page from godaddy. to the new host.
2006-06-21 15:29:34 · answer #7 · answered by Gabz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋