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Redirecting URL to another site process?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:19 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:19 am
Hi...the company I IC with has a super long URL. Owner didn't think it would matter, but pretty sure it does. I told him he can probably buy another shorter version and just have it redirected to the main site. Though not sure if that takes much to do and if we can do it on our own or have to call the tech IC he works with.
Is there an easy way, and how, we can do this and/or is there a special referencing term for this process for me to try to find online? Seems like it shouldn't be hard from a simpletons perspective, but tech stuff tend to be harder than expected sometimes.
He can buy a new domain URL in his access of the Wordpress/Woo Commerce system, which I'm trying to learn too, but wondering if there is a quick connect process to save some bucks? Yes yes yes...could make me look good too, so help me out anyone??
TIA!
Is there an easy way, and how, we can do this and/or is there a special referencing term for this process for me to try to find online? Seems like it shouldn't be hard from a simpletons perspective, but tech stuff tend to be harder than expected sometimes.
He can buy a new domain URL in his access of the Wordpress/Woo Commerce system, which I'm trying to learn too, but wondering if there is a quick connect process to save some bucks? Yes yes yes...could make me look good too, so help me out anyone??
TIA!
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:26 am to HagaDaga
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Is there an easy way, and how, we can do this and/or is there a special referencing term for this process for me to try to find online?
It's called domain forwarding. It's relatively easy if your host offers the capability.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:50 pm to Footbaw
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It's called domain forwarding. It's relatively easy if your host offers the capability.
Cool. Thanks for that. I'll have to try to dig in and see if the WOO/WP system we have makes it easy to turn on or not. It says its the "premium" package, but seems everything you try to do different its another app or product to pay for.
Thanks again.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:09 pm to HagaDaga
Posted on 4/16/24 at 8:20 pm to HagaDaga
Woo/WP is a not the hosting provider, so whomever yall pay for your website hosting is the provider where you'd setup domain forwarding. May want to consider using the same provider to register the new domain, that way if you plan to move to shorter domain name, you can move website from long domain to new domain.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 12:59 pm to BabySam
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Woo/WP is a not the hosting provider, so whomever yall pay for your website hosting is the provider where you'd setup domain forwarding. May want to consider using the same provider to register the new domain, that way if you plan to move to shorter domain name, you can move website from long domain to new domain.
Thanks for the heads up on making sure its the same host. Though, I've asked and being told the host is Woo Commerce. That's the site option to buy the new domain thru as we've been searching for available options on their site. Am I understanding this wrong? TIA
Posted on 4/17/24 at 1:00 pm to junkfunky
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It's just the cost of the domain that you will pay annually.
Cool. Thanks for the link!
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:23 pm to HagaDaga
Would ask whomever pays the bills for domain registration and webhosting.
Im not trying to confuse you or cause angst. My wife has a shopify shop hosted by them for them. Looking at minimizing costs as she doesnt use it really as much as initially. Ive spun up a WooComm site on my hosing platform for her to test and try. If she decides to go the Woo route, then I would transfer her domain from godaddy to my provider, then move the website from my dev one to her domain. Roundabout example but figured it may help my explanation
Domain name (registrar) + webhosting provider (webserver) + CMS (app on the server that runs your website)
Im not trying to confuse you or cause angst. My wife has a shopify shop hosted by them for them. Looking at minimizing costs as she doesnt use it really as much as initially. Ive spun up a WooComm site on my hosing platform for her to test and try. If she decides to go the Woo route, then I would transfer her domain from godaddy to my provider, then move the website from my dev one to her domain. Roundabout example but figured it may help my explanation
Domain name (registrar) + webhosting provider (webserver) + CMS (app on the server that runs your website)
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:00 am to HagaDaga
I'm old enough to remember the good old days of the internet when you could type a java or HTML script in the box of a web forum like this and it would run and execute. I "Rick Rolled" (this was WAY before Youtube) many with site re-directs to sites where they really didn't want to go. There's reason modern browsers don't allow that any more. 
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 8:01 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:15 am to Lonnie Utah
I miss the days of widespread SQL injection.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:14 am to HagaDaga
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super long URL. Owner didn't think it would matter, but pretty sure it does. I told him he can probably buy another shorter version and just have it redirected to the main site.
Why does it matter? If it's something like the main site is www.widgetcompanyllc.com and the marketing is word of mouth and handing out business cards so widgetco.com would be better, then the domain forwarding being discussed in this thread will work.
However, with domain forwarding you get forwarded to widgetcompanyllc.com So all the URLs are going to say that after being forwarded. If this is an actual rebrand, you don't need domain forwarding, you need to switch the main site to the shorter domain.
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