HELP: Address bar

[Guest]

I have a web site which is accessed via a domain name I have registered.
However when it loads up the address bar shows my isp's web address not my
domain. Does anyone know how I can make it show my domain name? TIA.

 

[Leif K-Brooks]

I have a web site which is accessed via a domain name I have registered.
However when it loads up the address bar shows my isp's web address not my
domain. Does anyone know how I can make it show my domain name?

Sounds like you're using a redirect. Ask your ISP if you can host a
domain with them, and what their name servers are. If they say yes,
enter those name servers with your domain registrar. If not, find
another host.

 

[Steve R.]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in message ...

I have a web site which is accessed via a domain name I have registered.
However when it loads up the address bar shows my isp's web address.

What company name did you buy the URL through ?

The control panel may allow you to place your URL in the address bar.

Steve.

 

[Richard]

I have a web site which is accessed via a domain name I have registered.
However when it loads up the address bar shows my isp's web address not my
domain. Does anyone know how I can make it show my domain name? TIA.

Check the registration and make sure the name servers are correct.
If your ISP is your host, chances are they haven't done what they need to,
to route the domain correctly.

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys. My domain is indeed forwarded and I would really like to keep
it that way for flexibility. They allow me to run my site within frames
which solves the problem, but then the frames within my web pages don't work
which is why I've had to switch it off and hence the problem. Isn't there
some html or java script coed which will tell the address bar what to
display? TIA.

 

[Leif K-Brooks]

Thanks guys. My domain is indeed forwarded and I would really like to keep
it that way for flexibility. They allow me to run my site within frames
which solves the problem, but then the frames within my web pages don't work
which is why I've had to switch it off and hence the problem. Isn't there
some html or java script coed which will tell the address bar what to
display?

No, and you shouldn't be using for forwarding or for your site.
http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/all.html#frame-problems
http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/frames/whatswrong.html
http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/frames/usage/bad.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9612.html
http://www.iso.port.ac.uk/~mike/whynoframes.html
http://www.gooddocuments.com/techniques/areframesbad.htm
http://html.tucows.com/webmaster/intranetstuff/areframesbad.html
http://www.webcoord.unsw.edu.au/design/searchengines/searcheng2-Why-2.html

 

[Trevor George]

Leif K-Brooks wrote in message ...

No, and you shouldn't be using for forwarding or for your site.

I have to disagree there, as I use framed web-forwarding and it actually
increases my website customers chances of getting good results in a search
engine, as you can place slightly different titles and keywords to the framed
website, and the to actual website with a different URL on its server, so
depending on what 'search words' a person uses, you can obtain good search
results via one or the other.

Ok so the results give different URLs but at least Joe Public gets to the
website he's looking for.

For example here's the search result for 'farm quads' on google. Two
different URLs but the same website. Depending on the search terms used
sometimes one URL appears, sometimes the other.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=farm+quads&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=

 

[JustAnotherGuy]

Leif K-Brooks wrote in message ...



I have to disagree there, as I use framed web-forwarding and it actually
increases my website customers chances of getting good results in a search
engine, as you can place slightly different titles and keywords to the framed
website, and the to actual website with a different URL on its server, so
depending on what 'search words' a person uses, you can obtain good search
results via one or the other.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=farm+quads&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=

Hm, can you replicate that using .htaccess and redirects?

Marquee... 'we don't check e-mails daily'... :S

 

[PeterMcC]

Leif K-Brooks wrote in message ...

I have to disagree there, as I use framed web-forwarding and it
actually increases my website customers chances of getting good
results in a search engine, as you can place slightly different
titles and keywords to the framed website, and the to actual website
with a different URL on its server, so depending on what 'search
words' a person uses, you can obtain good search results via one or
the other.

Ok so the results give different URLs but at least Joe Public gets to
the website he's looking for.

For example here's the search result for 'farm quads' on google. Two
different URLs but the same website. Depending on the search terms
used sometimes one URL appears, sometimes the other.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=farm+quads&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=

There are a few difficulties with the above sites though -

Can't bookmark pages
Keyword meta tag is no longer used - the site's there on Google primarily
because of the title text
If you're going to use the frameset trick, you'd be better getting good copy
for the SEs in the noframes rather than the current "Sorry..."
The site's excellent SE position in the above example is because there are
only 56 pages listed by Google with the text "farm quads" on them.

Sorry to be a wet blanket but you would get better traffic from a fully
optimised frameless site, honest.