Super noob question about basic webpages

[lein]

Not sure if this goes here, but since it is an html question, I figured Programming would be an appropriate place even though I will probably be laughed at by calling html a programming language

Anyways...I have webspace allocated to me by my college (www.college.edu/~lein) and I want to create a new website with a simpler name that redirects to that page (so that www.lein.com redirects to my college address). How do I go about doing this? (I'm actually asking this question for a friend but I know nothing about web pages. Also, what's a good place to get a domain name from as I hear bad things about godaddy.com?)

Thanks in advance.

 

[pstylesss]

You would have to talk to your college about nameservers. There is anothera way to set it up - domain redirection, some registrars may have it in their control panel, some may not. You'll have to ask. Either way it can be done, you just might have to fight with tech support.

I have all my domain names with ipower. Only reason is because they had a deal one time for cheap domains, and I figured it would be easiest for me to manage all of them if I kept it with 1 host. All in all I hate ipower with a passion, but their domains are 6.95 for a year, which is a good price, and their control panel is simple enough for someone who doesn't know what they are doing to figure out.

 

[troytime]

not a stupid question at all.

what you're looking for is domain forwarding
godaddy offers this (i like godaddy, and use them for all my domains)

another option is the nameserver option that ZeroIQ mentioned - that way when someone types in your domain (leinsdomain.com), the url will STAY leinsdomain.com instead of redirecting to college.edu/~lein
i'm not sure if your network admins would be willing to do that (or if they even have the server set up to do so)
they'd have to have the nameservers, and they'd have to be able to edit their config to catch those domain requests

i haven't been to college in 9 years, so maybe things have changed

 

[CTho9305]

Check your college's policies first - where I went, you were not allowed to have .com (and maybe .net) domains point to university-owned IPs (that was part of the "you can't use our network for your own business" rule, but it applied whether or not you were trying to make money with the domain).

I've used NameCheap to point a domain at my IP before ($8/yr or something), and I use dyndns for free service (my PC).

 

[George P Burdell]

Another vote for Namecheap.