Setting Up a Personal Domain With MobileMe (MacMost Now 204)

[tkeffer1]

Hello, how about just the opposite removing your own domain from iWeb?

[macmostvideo]

@tkeffer1 Just point the domain somewhere else -- to another service or server.

[goncalez100]

only work with "w w w"

[macmostvideo]

@goncalez100 Depends on your registrar. Many have a setting to allow you to forward the non-w w w domain to the w w w one. You have to find that setting.

[goncalez100]

@macmostvideo my registrar is Godaddy where is this setting? please help



[macmostvideo]

@goncalez100 I can't link to it (no links in YouTube comments). But if you search Google for "godaddy redirect w w w" you'll find the solution.

[DavisHoffman]

It only works with "w w w" Whats Wrong?

[macmostvideo]

@DavisHoffman Right. It does. But you can set up things with your DNS provider to map the non-w w w domain with www

[goncalez100]

@macmostvideo

I'm with the same problem, how I can do this?

[goncalez100]

@macmostvideo

how I can do this??

[light201330]

Thanks - I was needing to get this information - well done.

[daveg2k4]

HI Mate, Can I move a wordpress blog from my hosting and move it to mobileme without having to dick around Apples iweb software?

Cheers

Dave

[macmostvideo]

@daveg2k4 You can't run PHP scripts like WordPress on MobileMe, so you can't do that at all.

[daveg2k4]

@macmostvideo Okay thanks for preventing me from wasting a load of time :)

[brucemcannon]

thanks dude...very helpful!!

[jporter966]

Thanks - your video and instructions were perfect and made the process take about 15min! Thanks so much

[jporter966]

Thanks for the help - perfect step by step instructions! Made setting my me.com website up take about 15min using Go Daddy. THANKS!!!!

[Fabianarcos95]

Do need To get domain hosting for the website or not or will MobileMe be my web host

[macmostvideo]

@Fabianarcos95 That's the idea behind the personal domain setting in MobileMe -- to point a domain to the site hosted at MobileMe.

[macmostvideo]

@mahadeehassan You should make an appointment at the Genius Bar of your local Apple Store. I'm sure they'll be happy to help.

[macmostvideo]

@ZappedTV After it when? Not sure what your question is in reference to.

[princejack]

I understand that only mobileme allows some iWeb features to work. Such as the 'Hit Counter', 'Leaving comments for blogs', 'Blog search'. So, by forwarding the domain name to me.com, does that mean I can finally use iWeb features? Thanks!

[macmostvideo]

@princejack Not sure what you mean. Yes, you can use all MobileMe/iWeb features if you have a MobileMe account. But all of those features are also available on most other Web server solutions as well.

[LEGnewTube]

I have created a domain name with mobile me, but how do I hook up that domain name up with iweb?

[macmostvideo]

@LEGnewTube With iWeb? iWeb publishes to your MobileMe account. There is nothing you need to do if you have already pointed your domain to MobileMe's DNS servers. Just use iWeb to publish to MobileMe.

[toneage7]

Great Video!!! godaddy is such a pain in the ass to use. Thanks a lot!!

[magicprincessparties]

Thanks for replying! Is it bad for business because it is slow to load or has down times? I want to change because my business is dynamic and creative and iweb is my first attempt at making my own site for the business. I feel so good about iweb I am considering changing to mobileme. Why is mobileme not ideal for a biz website? If we were down even half a day would be horrible for us.

[macmostvideo]

@magicprincessparties MobileMe isn't good for a business site because you mainly interact with it using iWeb, which is a nice little tool for creating personal site, but not much else. You don't have FTP access, or control of typical server settings, or even scripting like PHP.

[magicprincessparties]

Thank you for making this! I already run a business on my domain name and I want to change to iweb/mobile me. I am nervous about making the change. Will domain change over from current hosting to mobile me hosting just fine and just erase my old website and show my iweb site?

[macmostvideo]

@magicprincessparties Yes. But why change? I would not build a business web site with MobileMe. It is better for personal sites.

[BourneLegend]

Just done the actions so let's hope and pray it works lol

[loripickering1]

Can you create more than one domain?

[macmostvideo]

No. Not with MobileMe. I guess if you need more than one domain, you are probably in need of real hosting services anyway.

[o2me2]

Great. Thank you.

[matimaster]

hey! this is the guy who made that flash university thing ! ;o, good actionscripter.

[MacintoshDima]

Sweet, thanks.

[Razthe3]

Thanks for the help this is what i needed.

[ProPhotoHouston02]

nice work great vid..

-Rome

[PowerAppleUser]

Thanks!

[liderlider]

MobileMe is awesome ..Simply the best ..

[theroden]

finally... a hair cut...

no more geeky voice...

more serious...

keep it like that (Y)!

[KleptHoeManiac]

I like your hair cut!

[bamyo53]

cool! nice vid man 5/5