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Old 03-06-2008, 12:19 PM   · #1
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Question by a moron for intelligent people...
I have a portfolio website (http://www.fantastic-domains.com) and I am currently in the process of updating it.

When you land on the homepage and click a link, in the status bar you can see where the link actually leads to, rather than "fantastic-domains.com/search" etc. What have I done wrong?

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Old 03-06-2008, 12:21 PM   · #2
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Because you are using free hosting. There is javascript to get around that.
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Old 03-06-2008, 12:26 PM   · #3
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Because you are using free hosting. There is javascript to get around that.



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how is that site built? some rancid sitebuilder tool?

From what I can see, it uses a frame, which has a source of:
http://fantastic-domains.com/?pagesection=body

This url redirects to your subdomain.

Because the frame contents are now served from your subdomain, and the links are relative, the links also go to your subdomain.
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Old 03-06-2008, 05:17 PM   · #5
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how is that site built? some rancid sitebuilder tool?

From what I can see, it uses a frame, which has a source of:
http://fantastic-domains.com/?pagesection=body

This url redirects to your subdomain.

Because the frame contents are now served from your subdomain, and the links are relative, the links also go to your subdomain.



Well it is rancid, I admit. its the best that I can do, sadly!

How do I change this? If I move to a new host, will it solve things?
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Originally Posted by pommyg
How do I change this? If I move to a new host, will it solve things?



110mb.com claim not to force any html into your site, so I doubt it.
I agree with Barefoottech, specifically I'd say install wordpress.

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Well it is rancid, I admit. its the best that I can do, sadly!


While the site design is certainly bad, I was actually referring to/wondering what piece of software was used to build it.
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Old 03-07-2008, 02:36 AM   · #8
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110mb.com claim not to force any html into your site, so I doubt it.
I agree with Barefoottech, specifically I'd say install wordpress.


While the site design is certainly bad, I was actually referring to/wondering what piece of software was used to build it.



I gave the rancid words to a friend who told me it would look rancid!

The worst thing is that it makes the portfolio look rancid. If I switch to wordpress, as you can see, I know little about web design. What would I lose by going to a ready made blog site? Can I still use a db?

Edit:

Is there a wordpress blog that advertises a portfolio well? I would like to see what I should aspire to...
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A couple of NP members have made portfolio apps you can download for free:

http://www.domainportfolio.us/
http://www.borghunter.com/dnportfolio/

There are also paid ones ranging from $xx:
http://www.domainsellerpro.com/

to $xxx:
http://www.smartscript.net/domaintrader/
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Thanks.

Do I have to actually install wordpress on my site to use borghunter or I could I use it with wordpress.com - that looks a bit easier!

Edit: looks like I would have to install wordpress. What is a good host to do this on? Pref free
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er, login to your 110mb account. click on "1-Click Application Installer". select "wordpress". click "install now"
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Doh! I've just felt v please with myself for having installed it! - well the title did say for a moron!

Great advice though!

It was very easy to install, I have installed Wordpress Domain Portfolio 1.0 and that was pretty easy and free : http://www.borghunter.com/2008/01/2...io-10-unstable/

I hope to have an alternate site shortly and much thanks to the frank advice from this very forum.
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Well, its a hard life to be a moron. The site was working fine until...

I tried to solve the original problem of this post and changed the name of the directory in the options bit to my domain name rather than pommyg.110mb....

Now its not letting me in ! i will have to restart the whole thing.
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The site is online with the first post at http://www.dndoc.com

Thanks to your help and honest feedback, esp Mad Scientist, I think my site has massively improved. If you still think it rancid, then please let me know!
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looks much better, but, dndoc.com redirects to your 110mb subdomain???
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Originally Posted by -NC-
looks much better, but, dndoc.com redirects to your 110mb subdomain???



Well, that was my original question!

110mb is the name of the hosting company - my user name is pommyg, so my space there is under pommyg.110mb.com. I dont know how to arrange things so that the homepage is: www.dndoc.com and the sub folders follow from that. It must be straightforward but its a basic thing I dont know how to do.
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i just tried to test out the mysql install on 110mb.com, but they wanted $9.95 to enable mysql. stuff that. might as well get proper hosting for $5-$10 a month.

re: dndoc.com, you've entered the domain in the account profile? i think if wordpress detects access from a domain which is different to the one set up in options -> general -> wordpress address / blog address it will redirect.
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Originally Posted by -NC-
i just tried to test out the mysql install on 110mb.com, but they wanted $9.95 to enable mysql. stuff that. might as well get proper hosting for $5-$10 a month.

re: dndoc.com, you've entered the domain in the account profile? i think if wordpress detects access from a domain which is different to the one set up in options -> general -> wordpress address / blog address it will redirect.



110mb have been ok so far, in my limited experience.

The setting are as follows:

WordPress address (URL):http://pommyg.110mb.com/wordpress
Blog address (URL): http://pommyg.110mb.com/wordpress
"Enter the address here if you want your blog homepage to be different from the directory you installed WordPress." follows this but after my experience in post 13, I darent change it!

What should I put in those boxes and where should I redirect dndoc.com?

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I think I'm defeated. AFAIK, if you want WP to be running under dndoc.com, you'll have to put dndoc.com into those address settings, which you say locks you out
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Originally Posted by -NC-
I think I'm defeated. AFAIK, if you want WP to be running under dndoc.com, you'll have to put dndoc.com into those address settings, which you say locks you out




I would be worth knowing exactly what I should put in those boxes and where I should redirect dndoc to. This time I can copy and paste the whole site files before, so if I do get locked out , I should be able to wipe the site out and put the old files in...
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because you have installed into the /wordpress directory, instead of the root directory, I think your WP address settings will both need to be:

http://www.dndoc.com/wordpress/

dndoc.com should not be redirected anywhere, it should have its nameserver records set to NS1.110MB.COM and NS2.110MB.COM

if you get locked out, you should be able to access your database manager in the 110mb.com control panel, open the wordpress database, and change the values direcly in the wp_options table.
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