Introduction to web forwarding

Web forwarding allows you to point your domain name to an existing web site or display a short message.

Types of forwarding

Web forwarding currently comes in 4 types:

• Redirect:
  A redirect automatically sends people visiting your domain to another web site. For example, if you owned "example.com", you could send people from http://example.com/ to http://baremetal.com/.

  With a redirect, the visitor will see the target web site URL in the location bar.

  The redirect service is designed so that a visitor can access all of the target web site from your domain. For example, http://example.com/products/shipping.cgi?cartid=1&checkout=1 will redirect the visitor to http://target/products/shipping.cgi?cartid=1&checkout=1

• Frameset ("cloaking"):
  Frameset forwarding works is similar to a redirect. The difference is that when the visitor accesses your domain in their web browser, they will see your domain in the location bar, but the content of the target web site in the main browser window.

  As with redirects, the entire target web site is accessible through your domain when you use a frameset.

  "Cloaking" and "URL gripping" are common marketting terms for this type of forward.

  Implementation note: If the redirect or frameset destination does not end in /, then all redirects or frameset forwards will point directly to that destination, they will not be "mapped" as described above.

• Business Card:
  The business card option allows you to provide HTML for a simple, single-page web site. You cannot install images, but you can reference images on other servers.

• Park:
  The park option provides a simple, predefined 'This domain is parked' page for your domain. You might use this choice while you are preparing a new web site.

Techie Notes:

Templates! If you're using the same configuration for multiple domains, you should be able to use [HOST] and [ZONE] tags to refer to the domain being accessed. HOST may show a prefix like "www.", ZONE will strip that.

SSL should "just work" within an hour or so of a domain being delegated to the domain-dns.com nameservers AND configured for web service.

Wildcards can be setup for any of the forwarding services. Just create a "*" host (in edit zone) that is a CNAME to the main zone. (This is automatic for parked domains. Wildcard DNS means that anything-here.yourdomain will go to your service, not just the yourdomain and www.yourdomain)

CNAMEs note: the configuration system will generate web service for CNAME targets that point to a configured web service. This works across zones/domains and can be a useful shortcut.

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