I made a website on iWeb and published it using MobileMe. The URL goes something like http://web.me.com/jjoseph989/James_Josephs_ePortfolio/Welcome.html. I'd like to abbreviate the URL to a dot com domain. I know this is possible, but I can't figure it out. Any advice?
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Yeah, I do exactly what you're saying.
I purchased a new domain from GoDaddy. Once that's done, you can make the new domain redirect to your long MobileMe address. That's done through the GoDaddy site.
I know it's possible to buy a domain through MobileMe, but I've never done that so I'm not much help.
You can easily locate and secure a webhost once you register a domain that you choose. You then export your site with iWeb and upload it to your webhost.
Shortening the url is a different matter, iweb more or less uses a long path to create the pages.
For instance I have mydomain.com/site name/pages.
When I use rapidweaver which provides nearly the same level of ease of use, but more flexibility. I basically have mydomain.com as my base page and then from there I have a Multi-tiered hierarchical website.
My point is you're kind of tied into how iWeb works once you get beyond the domain name portion of the url.
Shortening the url is a different matter, iweb more or less uses a long path to create the pages.
For instance I have mydomain.com/site name/pages.
When I use rapidweaver which provides nearly the same level of ease of use, but more flexibility. I basically have mydomain.com as my base page and then from there I have a Multi-tiered hierarchical website.
My point is you're kind of tied into how iWeb works once you get beyond the domain name portion of the url.