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I created a web site with GoDaddy.com (but it is hosted through "web.me.com") that is accessible by going "www.example.com" but typing "example.com" will NOT go to my site.

This is my first website to setup so I am quite a newb.

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Is your site made in iWeb? – sudo rm -rf Dec 27 '10 at 3:22
FYI GoDaddy is able to be so cheap because they don't spend much money on support. – PHLiGHT Dec 28 '10 at 0:33
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Alright. Go to your MobileMe settings page, click your name, and hit "Account" to enter your personal settings. Once there, hit "Personal Domain" on the left. Set it up according to the instructions. Now, it's time to set up the Domain registrar side.

  • Head to GoDaddy.com and log in.
  • Click on "my domain names"
  • Click the link for your domain.
  • Click on Total DNS Control and MX Records
  • Click on the little pencil to the
    right of your “www” cname.
  • Change “@” to “web.mac.com” Click OK.

Now anyone who goes to "www.yourdomain.com" will be transferred to your website. To enable the domain to work without www, you need to add one more setting.

  • Navigate to “Total DNS Control and MX Records”
  • Make sure that you are on the forwarding tab of the Menu.
  • Select enable and type in your entire domain name that is being forwarded, in this case it would be http://www.yourdomainname.com.
  • Wait an hour (www.GoDaddy.com says it can take an hour or so for the servers to make all the changes)
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You need to edit your DNS and add a A record for example.com and create a CNAME for www.example.com pointing to example.com. Who ever is hosting your DNS should offer instructions on how to do this through their control panel.

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You can't set a CNAME for your apex domain (because it has to have SOA and NS records), so this won't work. What the poster actually needs to do is to set an A record for "example.com", and then change the record for "www.example.com" to a CNAME pointing to "example.com". – Mike Scott Dec 27 '10 at 3:17
Very true. I've updated to account for the way that DNS actually works. – mrdenny♦ Dec 27 '10 at 21:08
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i think you can use domain forwarding provided by godaddy.com or you can use http://www.wwwizer.com/ free domain forwarding service which will forward your naked domain request to 'www' subdomain

to use domain forwarding using http://www.wwwizer.com/ Just point your naked domain (without www) A-record to 174.129.25.170 And that is all you need to do.

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Why get another service involved when you can just correct the DNS and be done with it? – mrdenny♦ Dec 27 '10 at 21:09
some dns service provider do not provide domain forwarding. only in that case need to use second option – pragnesh Dec 28 '10 at 3:57
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