I want "Coming Soon" on my homepage??

gilescoley · Nov 12, 2009

I was just wondering how I can do this, I dont believe my registrar does this, I just wanted say a black page with white "Coming Soon" on the homepage

I have a couple of domains that are being developed and I didnt want them just parked.

Any suggestions on other wording would be appreciated

Thanks all

mis_chiff · Nov 12, 2009

Create a simple page in whatever you have that
makes html pages and call it index.html

dreamweaver etc

Robin · Nov 12, 2009

yeah, just create a simple HTML page--

Here is the code--

<html>
<head><title>Coming soon</title></head>
<body>
<b>Coming Soon</b>
</body></html>

Save it as index.html and remove the existing default.html or index.html from the directory.

Smith · Nov 12, 2009

You also need a basic hosting account to host the page that you create.

Can get one for a couple of dollars a month.

DnEbook · Nov 12, 2009

giles seems to be asking if a registrar can do this ???

i have never heard of this as an option

gilescoley · Nov 12, 2009

I am sure a friend of mine changed his nameservers to some other 3rd party site and that gave him this capability, I may be wrong though

Thanks anyway all, I am getting some hosting soon anyway

.tv · Nov 12, 2009

gilescoley said:
I am sure a friend of mine changed his nameservers to some other 3rd party site and that gave him this capability, I may be wrong though

Yes, a service is there.

Check this out: LaunchSplash :music:

the_poet · Nov 12, 2009

Another solution would be parking your domain with WhyPark. It allows you to insert custom HTML content on your parked pages for free, for example a custom image (you need to host it elsewhere, I use tinypic for this) saying 'coming soon'. So your domain wouldn't point to an empty page with just an image but your homepage would also be full of clickable autogenerated articles.

gilescoley · Nov 13, 2009

Thanks the_poet

HWW · Nov 13, 2009

Parked.com allows you to place custom content on your parked page (and is free unlike whypark) might be a solution until you get your hosting and a good way to see if your domain is getting typeins too

mis_chiff · Nov 13, 2009

Sorry Giles, missed the email - just replied

cdboard · Nov 13, 2009

enom has a free website available with its domains, but its hard to use and is limited to several canned designs.

gilescoley · Nov 13, 2009

Thanks HWW, I use Whypark and it is free for the basic package, anyway I have hosting now so I have it sorted out.

Thanks cdboard

Big thanks to Wendy for her help as well...rep added

DnEbook · Nov 13, 2009

if using a wordpress template , they have 'under construction' theme

gilescoley · Nov 13, 2009

Thanks evirtual1

the_poet · Nov 13, 2009

HWW said:
Parked.com allows you to place custom content on your parked page (and is free unlike whypark)

Whypark has a free account and a paid account, the free one is enough for most users.

DnEbook · Nov 13, 2009

i never got enough hits from my whypark to justify upgrading , i guess workd for some , but somrthing for free is of course good , espcially for this situation

Ms Domainer · Nov 14, 2009

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Quick simple solution:

Create a blogger site, use the most simple template, add "Coming Soon!" (or whatever) and forward your domain using masking.

Just don't turn on the adsense function.

You could actually use the same blogger site for all your domains that you don't want to park. Just forward all to this one site.

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fish · Nov 14, 2009

evirtual1 said:
if using a wordpress template , they have 'under construction' theme

Somewhat similar to that is the Ice Breaker WordPress theme. Basically it lets you promote your RSS feed and Twitter account before you launch your WordPress site.

If you don't think you're going to make any money from parking anyway, I'd keep it away from any services like WhyPark, Parked.com, etc.

You might as well put a page like this up if you have development plans later. It transitions well if you plan on using WordPress too, just switch the themes.

Super M · Nov 14, 2009

a custom "Comming Soon" page can be placed only in 3 available options:

1) Your registrar gives you free hosting space with domain, you can set up a hosting account their itself and create index.html file with comming soon message. Change the parking nameservers to hosting nameservers (If both are different).

2) Use 3rd-party web host (free / paid ) nameservers you may have your account with an park it on your web host account by applying its own nameservers. Again follow the above steps.

3) As stated by Ms Domainer in her post above you can forward a domain to a blog. Take help of domain masking while doing this. It will help your original domain to keep its URL in address bar.

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