IM A PC! Well I was until the 25th of December -iWeb

[doubledecaf]

Hi all! I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF A IMAC. I have thrown myself straight in the deep end and after adjusting my mouse to have a right click, have made a website on iWeb.

My main problem is that I have a registered domain name with 123-reg. I would love to be able to type in my domain name and have my website come up. Rather than publish it to my mobileme address - which has lots of dots in. Is there a dummies guide to doing this? Do I have to pay 123-reg to host?

I dont mind what I have to do as long as I can just type in my registered domain and whack the enter button.

LOTS OF THANKS IN ADVANCE!

 

[boast]

did your domain purchase also include DNS service?

 

[doubledecaf]

did your domain purchase also include DNS service?

Yes it does I believe so it looks a little something like this in the 123 reg options!

Thanks for your reply!

 

[jzuena]

Find out if 123-reg has a web forwarding or domain redirect feature. It allows you to type in your website and have it redirected to your MobileMe address. I ended up going with ZoneEdit.com to handle DNS for me instead of my domain registrar to do just that: redirect my domain to a MobileMe address.

 

[ChefJayPeek]

You have to set up a cname from 123host. There is a help page available on the mobileme website that tells you how to do it. I know cause I did it a couple of weeks ago, I just don't remember exactly what to punch in for the cname.

Chef Jay

 

[DewGuy1999]

Hi all! I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF A IMAC. I have thrown myself straight in the deep end and after adjusting my mouse to have a right click, have made a website on iWeb.

My main problem is that I have a registered domain name with 123-reg. I would love to be able to type in my domain name and have my website come up. Rather than publish it to my mobileme address - which has lots of dots in. Is there a dummies guide to doing this? Do I have to pay 123-reg to host?

I dont mind what I have to do as long as I can just type in my registered domain and whack the enter button.

LOTS OF THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Welcome to the light side! I think these pages will help you do what you want to do with your iWeb site.

123-reg.co.uk: What is web forwarding?
123-reg.co.uk: How do I set up web forwarding?

 

[bbergie]

Congrats on joining the Mac community. The new iMac is a superb computer, and it represents the first time I've reconsidered my allegiance to the notebook lineup.

What's your URL for your new iWeb page? I'd love to check it out.

 

[doubledecaf]

Thanks!

Thanks for your help everyone! I'm going to try the above suggestions and get back to you. I nearly got a notebook, but it actually works out cheaper to buy an iMac and then get a little netbook aswell for travel! Hello two toys for the price of one!

Loving this new mouse aswell!

 

[doubledecaf]

Done!

Welcome to the light side! I think these pages will help you do what you want to do with your iWeb site.

123-reg.co.uk: What is web forwarding?
123-reg.co.uk: How do I set up web forwarding?

That was so easy thanks!! And here I was messing around with settings, dns's and all soughts.

Thanks again

 

[iMacBoy]

Now youve sorted it can we see the site