Namecheap URL forwarding help

liquidkudzu · 09-05-2010, 05:11 PM

Hello forum,
I have 3 domains at Namecheap (I am trying out Namecheap for the first time). One of them is working great regarding URL forwarding, but the other two are being buggy.

I click on the "url forwarding" for one of them and on that page, I have enterd the domain I want it to bump visitors to. It works fine if you DON'T put the www in front of it, but if you type in the www. , it goes to an error page.

I have attached a jpeg of the screen. What should I enter in the top or bottom one to get the forwarding to work both with and without www in front of it?

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liquidkudzu · 09-05-2010, 05:13 PM

Note: I copied the way it is working on the successful forward on my other url, but it doesn't want to work on this one.

Automated Trader · 09-05-2010, 06:00 PM

Do you have hosting to host the domains? If so, use .htaccess and 301 redirects instead, better for SEO.

liquidkudzu · 09-05-2010, 08:48 PM

No, I just have a weebly site to direct to.

---------- Post added at 11:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:19 PM ----------

BTW, on the domain I have where the forwarding is working, I have the "www." typed into the top option (after the @ symbol) and just the dotcom in the bottom box with no "www." and that one works.

It just won't work the same on the one I have the jpeg of up there.

Automated Trader · 09-07-2010, 07:32 PM

See if you can redirect one through the other to create two working ones. So redirect the "WWW" to your domain name instead. You also don't need the http://, try keeping the formation. Put just the domain with dot com in the first, and add www to the second redirect address.

Aside from this, change the record to "cname" and see if that helps if nothing else.

You might have a nameserver or conflicting record i can't see as well.

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Automated Trader New Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 8 Follow @forexmt	Do you have hosting to host the domains? If so, use .htaccess and 301 redirects instead, better for SEO. __________________ Automate Forex Trading (my domain name)

09-07-2010, 07:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Automated Trader New Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 8 Follow @forexmt	See if you can redirect one through the other to create two working ones. So redirect the "WWW" to your domain name instead. You also don't need the http://, try keeping the formation. Put just the domain with dot com in the first, and add www to the second redirect address. Aside from this, change the record to "cname" and see if that helps if nothing else. You might have a nameserver or conflicting record i can't see as well. __________________ Automate Forex Trading (my domain name) Last edited by Automated Trader; 09-07-2010 at 07:35 PM.

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liquidkudzu New Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6	Note: I copied the way it is working on the successful forward on my other url, but it doesn't want to work on this one.

09-05-2010, 08:48 PM	THREAD STARTER #4 (permalink)
liquidkudzu New Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6	No, I just have a weebly site to direct to. ---------- Post added at 11:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:19 PM ---------- BTW, on the domain I have where the forwarding is working, I have the "www." typed into the top option (after the @ symbol) and just the dotcom in the bottom box with no "www." and that one works. It just won't work the same on the one I have the jpeg of up there.

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