First TIme DNN User: How do I redirect my Domain URL to the

Here is the message I sent to support.

The trouble I am having is that I was given a 'temporary" web address at Discount ASP before i could point mydomain name servers.
The address that was given to me by Disount ASP was:

http://oldschoolop.web130.discountasp.net/dnn/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

but I want to begin adding content and managing the URLwww.oldschooloptions.com , and all they see is the Discount ASP information.

Using DNN, how do I tell DNN that the information to update is not at http://oldschoolop.web130.discountasp.net/dnn/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

but www.oldschooloptions.com

The response I received from them was:

Dear Customer,

Both your domain name and your alternate URL point to the same
location. Visitors are directed to your root webspace. If you want to direct
traffic to the subdirectory "/dnn/Home/tabid/36/" and file
"Default.aspx", you will need to create a redirect script. If you need assistance in
doing so, please post to our forum at http://community.discountasp.net/

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

So....How do I create a redirect script for my root directory?

Thanks,

Bill

 

Hi Bill,
Let me understand properly what you would like to do...
You have installed DNN in a folder named /dnn/ on your site?

And now when anyone comes to your domain you'd like to have them redirected toDNN?
Salute,
Mark

 

Hi Bruce,

Its time to revisit this issue. Our URL for our business is www.oldschooloptions.com

when a user types that in, we have to re-direct them to http://oldschoolop.web130.discountasp.net/dnn/ because we are on a shared server, and I guess we must have configured the temporary or alternative URL when we first signed up to DiscountAsp.

We were just informedfrom Google, that our AdWord advertising campaign has been suspended before it even started because of the re-direct. Google AdWord is only useable on non-redirected sites.

So, my question is this. Can you / we change the way our website works so we have www.oldscholoptions.com as the main page and not http://oldschool.web130\dnn ? Your suggestion above is all we have to do?...It seems too simple!

We can't let Google think we are re-directing because the AdWord campaign may not work.


Please CC responseto [email protected] if you can

Thanks,
Bill


Post Edited (bill u) : 12/28/2008 2:53:32 AM GMT

 

Hi Bruce,

Here is a rely from a guy on Elance. What do you think of his suggesitons?

"DNN always keep one URL to access each portal. and the default URL for main portal is always the one which you use during the installation. And in your situation your friend installed the DNN using http://oldschoolop.web130.discountasp.net/dnn/ so DNN saved this URL in DB to access the main portal.

Solution:

1. Login to portal using host account at working url http://oldschoolop.web130.discountasp.net/dnn/
2. Go to portal settings
3. There will be portal URL field in the bottom of the settings page
4. Add New URL
5. Type the www.oldschooloptions.com
6. Access the portal from your new url. Thats it.

Bill