“…the virtual community has helped me, this time to escape the land of FAQ, so that I could attend to the work that I do best while leaving the set-up of this blog/widget wonderland to Stephanie Cockerl’s this is her world.”Having a domain name is the first step in establishing an online presence. nextSTEPH clients have taken the first step in their online identify by getting a domain name.
This is a quick primer on domain names.
What is a domain name?
A domain name is a meaningful and easy-to-remember “handle” for an Internet address. (whatis.com, 8/28/02)
Domains started out as numbers e.g. 255.45.59.176. Not everyone is not going to remember to go to http://255.45.59.176, but they will remember to go to http://www.company.com.
The 255.45.59.176 is an example of an Internet Protocol Address, IP Address for short. The www.company.com is an example of Domain Name System (DNS). The domain name system (DNS) is the way that IP Addresses are translated into Domain names.
The structure of a URL
A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator
The example below is a typical web address:
http://www.company.com/html/file1.shtml
http:// – hyper text transfer protocol
www – World Wide Web – can be included or not in the URL
company – The actual name of the domain
.com- Domain type
/html/- the directory or folder
file1.html- The name of the file
The .info and .biz domain launch was delayed due to the 9/11. They allowed for pre-registration on
the grounds that the person owned the trademark for the domain. A site that has the .info domain is www.mta.info.
The former site was www.mta.nyc.ny.us, which is hard to remember.
All domain name extensions can be found at http://www.norid.no/domreg.html
Let nextSTEPH consult and manage your domains.
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