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by Guest April 27th 2013, 3:19 am

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Domain Problem

by Guest April 27th 2013, 3:19 am

I have registered a .tk domain and I can't seem to configure it to work on Forumotion. I followed the Tutorial but it didn't work.

What do I enter here?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Last edited by Rayan Thomas on April 28th 2013, 11:43 am; edited 1 time in total

by Sir Chivas™ April 27th 2013, 3:34 am

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Re: Domain Problem

by Sir Chivas™ April 27th 2013, 3:34 am

Have you tried following this tutorial?
https://help.forumotion.com/t7021-redirect-an-extern-domain-name-that-you-own-to-your-board

by Guest April 27th 2013, 4:30 am

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Re: Domain Problem

by Guest April 27th 2013, 4:30 am

Ye, but it doesn't seem to want to work.

by Sanket April 27th 2013, 5:30 am

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Re: Domain Problem

by Sanket April 27th 2013, 5:30 am

Thats the only tutorial we have.

What error do you get?

by Guest April 27th 2013, 11:38 pm

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Re: Domain Problem

by Guest April 27th 2013, 11:38 pm

Error

The supplied domain name is not well configured
Your CNAME must redirect to : pannational.forumotion.net

I get that message when I enter my Domain. I have no idea how to configure a CNAME.

by Sanket April 28th 2013, 5:17 am

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Re: Domain Problem

by Sanket April 28th 2013, 5:17 am

https://help.forumotion.com/t123085-problem-with-costum-domain#817745
Please check that, if it helps.

by Jophy April 28th 2013, 9:38 am

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Re: Domain Problem

by Jophy April 28th 2013, 9:38 am

=> Topic Moved to a more appropriate forum

by Guest April 28th 2013, 11:42 am

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Re: Domain Problem

by Guest April 28th 2013, 11:42 am

Hmmm.... I shall contact .tk support, thanks for your help though, I really appreciate it Smile

EDIT: I did successfully configure it but now Forumotion won't accept it. It presents me with this message=

The supplied domain name is not well configured
Your CNAME must redirect to : pannational.forumotion.net
You have configured a A type DNS ( A type redirects to an IP address, and not to a textual domain name like the CNAME )

And I configured it to a CNAME.... Can someone explain that?

(Sorry Sanket for not replying to my other Topic, my Internet failed Very Happy

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by Jophy April 28th 2013, 1:31 pm

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Re: Domain Problem

by Jophy April 28th 2013, 1:31 pm

Hello, the topic is marked complete, is this solved?

Read this:
https://help.forumotion.com/t122686-domain-name-does-not-work

Sanket mentioned that you should contact the domain registrar.

take help from your domain registrar.

by **The Godfather** April 29th 2013, 3:28 pm

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Re: Domain Problem

by The Godfather April 29th 2013, 3:28 pm

hello,

for info, never ever use .TK or all other free "domain names" with your forums!!

they're are not real domains, they are just a virtual dns that will destroy all your forum SEO despite of all the technical problem that they can cause to the forum like user registration problem, account validation problem...etc pale

by Guest May 9th 2013, 11:34 am

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Re: Domain Problem

by Guest May 9th 2013, 11:34 am

The Godfather wrote:hello,

for info, never ever use .TK or all other free "domain names" with your forums!!

they're are not real domains, they are just a virtual dns that will destroy all your forum SEO despite of all the technical problem that they can cause to the forum like user registration problem, account validation problem...etc

Problem solved. I have not changed my forum name. .tk needed to validate itself.