Custom Domain Name Hosting Now Available

mdvaldosta · **Posted:** February 14th, 2008, 11:43 am

We've worked the kinks out, and now you can have your very own domain name powered by ProphpBB. See an example forum here: headlight.ekam.org.uk - as you can see everything is smooth, fast and powered by our forum hosting service. You get all the benefits of using ProphpBB (hosting reliability, search engine friendly url's, ease of use, template installs and easy logo / image / css modification, etc.) while being able to use your own domain.

See the tutorial here: topic133.html

But a simplified how-to is as easy as 1-2-3 (umm 4)

Step 1. Have a domain name, of course. I recommend Godaddy but you can use any registrar you want.
Step 2. Point your domain's A RECORD to our IP, which is 207.58.184.51
Step 3. Use this service to check your domain (or subdomain) IP, might take a few hours to propagate.
Step 4. Let me know what your domain name and forum url is, and we'll take care of the rest.

This is, of course, free : )

Nexus · **Posted:** February 14th, 2008, 3:37 pm

The service is free. The domain name you must purchase.

-Rich

Brandon · **Posted:** February 24th, 2008, 7:08 pm

Very Nice MD.

PanHandle · **Posted:** February 25th, 2008, 5:58 am

...and it works very well too!

Doom Kitty · **Posted:** March 11th, 2008, 5:04 pm

awesome, this is just perfect!

bina · **Posted:** March 12th, 2008, 10:12 am

thanks so much for setting up my domain.

as u said, its http://bollygyaan.com now

on second thots i feel if som1 hits http://www.bollygyaan.com it also shud go to my forum..is it possible to hav both? by adding another A record for www as u said?

mdvaldosta · **Posted:** March 12th, 2008, 10:48 am

Another A-Record wouldn't be a good idea, because then you'd have duplicate content accross two domains. It's best to choose one or the other. If you have a hosting account you could place an .htaccess in the public_html folder and redirect requests for www calls to the non-www domain.

Mr. Bond · **Posted:** March 13th, 2008, 2:14 am

Great new feature, a must have!

hellboy · **Joined:** October 5th, 2008, 4:02 am **Posts:** 36

why cant i have free Domain

Nexus · **Posted:** November 5th, 2008, 3:42 am

No one is getting domains for free - they are purchasing them through godaddy.com or 1and1.com (or other). They then set their A-Record to direct their domain to their prophpbb.com powered forum.

-Rich

Alex · **Posted:** November 5th, 2008, 12:54 pm

hellboy wrote:

why cant i have free Domain

As Rich said, there isn't anything that Prophpbb can do about this. Domains are purchased apart from here, and all MD can do is point your forum to your domain. You would need to purchase your domain separately without us.

MJGB · **Joined:** February 10th, 2008, 7:50 am **Posts:** 1026

If you wanted a free subdomain (but not a tld) then you can go to co.cc and register one for free there.

Edit : Misleading Information

Nexus · **Posted:** November 5th, 2008, 3:33 pm

Thats not a domain - thats a subdomain.

-Rich

James · **Posted:** November 30th, 2008, 8:54 am

You can make .co.cc work like a proper domain though :s_smile

jonny · **Posted:** December 1st, 2008, 3:33 pm

Yeh and you don't need to go throuhg these guys to do it either lol :D

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