what would cause a domain name to not work with www in front?

[Shawn]

wtf, my domain only works if you leave off the www. 😕

http://www.shawnanigans.com/
http://shawnanigans.com/

lmk if either of those work.

 

[bmacd]

the one w/o www works

-=bmacd=-

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: bmacd
the one w/o www works

-=bmacd=-

Brilliant.

 

[SagaLore]

You're missing a dns record for www. If you don't have root access to your server, then your host needs to fix this.

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: bmacd
the one w/o www works

-=bmacd=-

Reading comprehension much?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
You're missing a dns record for www. If you don't have root access to your server, then your host needs to fix this.

In my hosting controller it says

www.shawnanigans.com. CNAME shawnanigans.com.


that should work right?

 

[sswingle]

Are you using Cernax for this site like you are your other site in the sig? Just pm AgaBoogaBoo and he'll have you fixed in about 5 minutes.

 

[Shawn]

No, this is a different host unfortunately.

 

[Kelemvor]

Definitely talk to whoever is hosting the site.

 

[FoBoT]

you have to have a record for each of them, both www.blahblah.com and blahblah.com
i forget the details

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
you have to have a record for each of them, both www.blahblah.com and blahblah.com
i forget the details

qft

 

[Runes911]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: SagaLore
You're missing a dns record for www. If you don't have root access to your server, then your host needs to fix this.

In my hosting controller it says

www.shawnanigans.com. CNAME shawnanigans.com.


that should work right?

Actually it should be:

www CNAME shawnanigans.com.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Shawn
wtf, my domain only works if you leave off the www. 😕

http://www.shawnanigans.com/
http://shawnanigans.com/

lmk if either of those work.

bad zone file on your DNS server.... you need to set up www to be a canonical name

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: Runes911

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: SagaLore
You're missing a dns record for www. If you don't have root access to your server, then your host needs to fix this.

In my hosting controller it says

www.shawnanigans.com. CNAME shawnanigans.com.


that should work right?

Actually it should be:

www CNAME shawnanigans.com.

ding ding ding!

 

[Shawn]

is it possible that the dns has not finished propagating yet?

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: bmacd
the one w/o www works

-=bmacd=-

Read much?

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: bmacd
the one w/o www works

-=bmacd=-

Read much?

lmk if either of those work.

Evidently.

 

[sciencewhiz]

>host www.shawnanigans.com ns1.asmarterhost.com
www.shawnanigans.com does not exist at ns1.asmarterhost.com (Authoritative answer)

 

[RossMAN]

Obligatory

1) You get what you pay for.
2) I told you so.

🙂

 

[rahvin]

The obvious answer as related multiple times is that your DNS record is wrong.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Obligatory

1) You get what you pay for.
2) I told you so.

🙂

:laugh:

 

[alien42]

you dont have a cname for www at all

shawnanigans.com IN MX preference: 10
exchange: mail.shawnanigans.com
86400s (1.00:00:00)

shawnanigans.com IN SOA server: ns1.asmarterhost.com
email: shawnmos.softhome.net
serial: 1129389388
refresh: 10800
retry: 3600
expire: 604800
minimum ttl: 86400
86400s (1.00:00:00)

shawnanigans.com IN NS ns2.asmarterhost.com 86400s (1.00:00:00)

shawnanigans.com IN NS ns1.asmarterhost.com 86400s (1.00:00:00)

shawnanigans.com IN A 216.55.163.195 86400s (1.00:00:00)

195.163.55.216.in-addr.arpa IN PTR 216-55-163-195.dedicated.abac.net 43200s (12:00:00)

 

[Shawn]

Well whatever the problem was it seems to have fixed itself. 😕