Save on Hosting with a One Page Masked Domain

Jimmy Changa · 05-11-2005, 03:46 PM

This is a newbie tutorial:

If you want to take a small step up from parking your domains and do a small amount of development (one page) you can get by with masking and have it behave exactly like an autonomously hosted site. You can develop your one page with your own affiliate links and stuff.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/webmaster-tutorials/89494-save-hosting-one-page-masked-domain.html

Here are some things to know:

1. Set your site up in a sub folder of one of your existing websites.
2. Go to your registrar and choose to forward your domain to that subfolder of the existing domain. You will set your page title, meta keywords and meta description here at your registrar.
3. Be sure ALL links on your new site include either target="_parent" (to override the masking in the same window) or target="_blank" (to open in a new window).

Hope this helps someone.

dabb · 05-11-2005, 04:38 PM

Great info Jimmy, thanks a lot. I was trying to get somebody to host a few single page landers for me, but I'll give this a try on an existing hosting account. Sending a few NP$.

Jimmy Changa · 05-11-2005, 06:59 PM

Glad to be of service.

You may notice that two of the three pages in my sig are done this way, UnusedDotcoms.com and 50Cent-Posters.com

StudioWorks · 05-12-2005, 07:30 AM

Some good piece of information Jimmy

Thank you .

Jimmy Changa · 05-12-2005, 07:58 AM

Thanks, but there is one small word of caution that I feel obligated to share concerning this method of web publishing.

Masking like this is simply putting your page within a very wide and invisibe frame. And in doing so, pages will not be indexed by search engines very well. To illustrate this, go to one of the pages in my sig and choose View Source from your Tool Bar and see.

While masking is a way to make your site appear to be automomous, it is not a good permanent situation.

Red Eyes Arena · 08-24-2005, 12:42 PM

great tips thanks! ^^

bbalegere · 08-26-2005, 12:34 AM

Great article.

05-11-2005, 03:46 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
Jimmy Changa PlanetBurrito.com Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 642	Save on Hosting with a One Page Masked Domain This is a newbie tutorial: If you want to take a small step up from parking your domains and do a small amount of development (one page) you can get by with masking and have it behave exactly like an autonomously hosted site. You can develop your one page with your own affiliate links and stuff. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/webmaster-tutorials/89494-save-hosting-one-page-masked-domain.html Here are some things to know: 1. Set your site up in a sub folder of one of your existing websites. 2. Go to your registrar and choose to forward your domain to that subfolder of the existing domain. You will set your page title, meta keywords and meta description here at your registrar. 3. Be sure ALL links on your new site include either target="_parent" (to override the masking in the same window) or target="_blank" (to open in a new window). Hope this helps someone. __________________ My Current Domain Listings. Celebrity & Model Website Portal I ate some prunes today and they didn't do shit for me! - Jimmy Changa

05-11-2005, 06:59 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
Jimmy Changa PlanetBurrito.com Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 642	Glad to be of service. You may notice that two of the three pages in my sig are done this way, UnusedDotcoms.com and 50Cent-Posters.com __________________ My Current Domain Listings. Celebrity & Model Website Portal I ate some prunes today and they didn't do shit for me! - Jimmy Changa Last edited by Jimmy Changa; 05-11-2005 at 07:03 PM.

05-12-2005, 07:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
StudioWorks no one lives forever Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NamePros Posts: 8,075	Some good piece of information Jimmy Thank you . __________________ epagini.com mexicorealty.net softwarepit.com yadasoftware.com

05-12-2005, 07:58 AM	THREAD STARTER #5 (permalink)
Jimmy Changa PlanetBurrito.com Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 642	Thanks, but there is one small word of caution that I feel obligated to share concerning this method of web publishing. Masking like this is simply putting your page within a very wide and invisibe frame. And in doing so, pages will not be indexed by search engines very well. To illustrate this, go to one of the pages in my sig and choose View Source from your Tool Bar and see. While masking is a way to make your site appear to be automomous, it is not a good permanent situation. __________________ My Current Domain Listings. Celebrity & Model Website Portal I ate some prunes today and they didn't do shit for me! - Jimmy Changa

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05-11-2005, 04:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
dabb NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 345	Great info Jimmy, thanks a lot. I was trying to get somebody to host a few single page landers for me, but I'll give this a try on an existing hosting account. Sending a few NP$.

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