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Recently I had a .eu domainname registered and directed to my IP-address at my home-LAN.
Every time a visitor on the internet types my domainname in his browser, the IP-address shows up in the address bar and the domainname disappears. The website shows up fine though. Also in emails which are sent from an automated email PHP- script I run at my latest version WAMP-webserver, the IP-address shows up in the text instead of the domainname. In the httpd.conf file I have already set " ServerName www.mysitename.eu:80" instead of the default " ServerName localhost:80" .

Any idea how I can let the domainname show up instead of the IP-address?



Post Edited (04-11-07 12:18)

you need a dynamic dns service like zoneedit.com.



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Thanks for this. But I don't get it.
I have a static IP-address, so it's always the same address. So why a dynamic dns service? And above that: people who type the domainname in their browsers can connect to the website on my webserver without any problem. So I would say the DNS "forwarding" look okay to me. It's just the annoying ip-address showing in the address bar.
Am I forgetting something?

Quote

Am I forgetting something?

Yep, you do, and more than 1

dns converts your web ip into your domain

In cofig file, it should be:

ServerName www.mysitename.eu

But not:

ServerName www.mysitename.eu:80

Have fun,

[www.jlbn.net] (testing WAMPS)
[test.jlbn.net] (testing codes)

" more than 1 dns converts your web ip into your domain"

Ah, okay. So you are saying that I should subscribe to this zoneedit.com anyhow. Okay I will do that. And I will also delete the :80 from the httpd.conf file.

Hope that'll work.

Thanks!



Post Edited (04-11-07 15:20)

yes, use zoneedits dynamic dns service to tie your domain name to your ip address. search this forum for virtual host, and virtual hosting for more info.


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" virtual host, and virtual hosting "

Wow, this is a whole new world to me.
Thanks for the useful hints!

If you only have 1 site, you don't need to setup vh, just rename or delete everything (recommend rename) in www folder, then save all your pages in it

Have fun,

[www.jlbn.net] (testing WAMPS)
[test.jlbn.net] (testing codes)

Problem solved.
My domainname wasn't pointing to my IP address, but to some 3rd party company and was from there "redirected" to my IP. That's when the domainname gets lost and the IP address remains visible in the browser's address bar.
My host changed the DNS setting so that the domainname pointed to my IP address and that solved the problem.

Thanks for the help.

Author: yfastud (72.236.169.---)
Date: 04-11-07 14:43
Quote:
Am I forgetting something?
Yep, you do, and more than 1
dns converts your web ip into your domain
In cofig file, it should be:
ServerName www.mysitename.eu
But not:
ServerName www.mysitename.eu:80
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ok yfastud, QUESTION I have ?

ServerName localhost:80 (in config httpd) EXAMPLE DEFAULT
ServerName www.mydomain.com (in config httpd) so it changes from dispalying the localhost when people are viewing) ?