if someone would oblige to gimme some advice..

i bought a domain name for me forums but dunno hot to connect the two together,i got Theskullandcrossbones.com or skullandcrossbones.com

i bought it at domain.com if someone would like to help out please/anybody

vf's advice sounds sound.

if thats not the problem try and be really specific. sorry if i didn't help.

do i need a host yes or no

i think you're best with one. though i'm not sure if you need one, there must be some free hosting sites that allow you to use your own domain name.

you can get a hosting site fr as little as 5 dollars a month.

(09-26-2010, 07:09 AM)velvetfog Wrote:  You log onto the management page for the domain you purchased, and point the domain to the IP address of your forum web server.

Then you log into your forum, and correct whatever you need to correct there, to reflect the same domain name.

where do i find [IP address of your forum web server]

there should be a help section on the web server you use. or hosting site.

you should be able to get the info for the ip address from there.

(09-26-2010, 08:25 AM)billy Wrote:  there should be a help section on the web server you use. or hosting site.

you should be able to get the info for the ip address from there.

rite but i use createmybb not mybb 2 different ways of forums

createmybb gives you a form without havin to add files to a host as you can use it straight away not like mybb you download the zip file and extract then there is loads of files but you need a host to use the mybb forum..if ya know what i mean

Start > Run > cmd > OK


C:\Users\Adapa>ping suprbay.createmybb3.com

Pinging createmybb3.com [96.31.86.170] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=230ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=232ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=231ms TTL=112

Ping statistics for 96.31.86.170:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 230ms, Maximum = 234ms, Average = 231ms



ie. the IP address of your forum is 96.31.86.170

(09-26-2010, 08:51 AM)Touchstone Wrote:  Start > Run > cmd > OK


C:\Users\Adapa>ping suprbay.createmybb3.com

Pinging createmybb3.com [96.31.86.170] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=230ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=232ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=231ms TTL=112

Ping statistics for 96.31.86.170:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 230ms, Maximum = 234ms, Average = 231ms



ie. the IP address of your forum is 96.31.86.170

i done Start > Run > cmd > OK but nothing happened in the black box

(09-26-2010, 08:59 AM)DUBLIN5 Wrote:  

(09-26-2010, 08:51 AM)Touchstone Wrote:  Start > Run > cmd > OK


C:\Users\Adapa>ping suprbay.createmybb3.com

Pinging createmybb3.com [96.31.86.170] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=230ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=232ms TTL=112
Reply from 96.31.86.170: bytes=32 time=231ms TTL=112

Ping statistics for 96.31.86.170:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 230ms, Maximum = 234ms, Average = 231ms



ie. the IP address of your forum is 96.31.86.170

i done Start > Run > cmd > OK but nothing happened in the black box

Did you type ping suprbay.createmybb3.com ?

Anyway, you don't really have to, I just included that to show you how you do it. But since I've already done it the IP address of your forum is 96.31.86.170