> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Hunter [mailto:matthew at infodancer.org] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:14 AM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: cracksandshards.com ! > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 10:08:35AM -0500, Joshua Kronengold > <mneme at io.com> wrote: > > Warlord writes: > > >the easiest way to do this is to have your provider > > >modify the DNS zone file so that it points to the > > >new domain name. > > That actually doesn't make any sense. I'm not sure it's even wrong. > > But sticking a redirect (nothing to do with DNS, Warlord -- whole > > different layer). onto the root page of the old site which points to > > the new one is probably a good idea, yes. > > He was probably thinking of a CNAME, which is effectively a > DNS-based redirect. > Matthew is correct in assuming what I had in mind. That way, no redirect page is necessary. If someone tries to go to the old domain name, they are taken to the ip address if the new www.cracksandshards.com Not that I know anything about how this stuff works, mind you, I'm just guessing. 8^) The internet is unhousetrained communication: ip everywhere W