I have used Easily.co.uk for UK domain purchases and management for many years and one of my favourite features of thier service is the domain forwarding. Instead of setting up a domain on a web server and putting a code or DNS redirect in place you can point your domain name at an existing website from your Easily.co.uk control panel.
If you are forwarding a new domain name you can skip straight to number 8 on this list of instructions. If you are forwarding a domain name that was previously set up on a web server (i.e you had set the NS/ name servers) you need to follow all the instructions below:
How to forward a domain name to an existing website:
- Log into Easily.co.uk
- Click ‘My Account’ (at the top of the screen).
- Click the ‘D’ button (Click here to administer domain names)
- Click the ‘D’ button next to the domain name you wish to set up forwarding for
- Click the big button that says ‘Come back to Easily’
- At the bottom of the next page click the ‘Process’ button
- Click ‘my account’ at the top of the page
- Click the ‘D’ button (Click here to administer domain names)
- Click the ‘W’ button next toteh domain name you are working with
- Make sure the drop down box at the top of the page displays ‘External website (Web Forwarding)
- Click the ‘Change’ button next to the drop down box
- Enter the exact URL that you wish to forward the domain to in the web forwarding box at the top of the screen
- Select ‘None’ for the masking option if you want visitors to see the address of the website you are forwarding to, or ‘Frames’ if you want them to see the domain name that you are currently working with.
- Click the ‘Save’ button
- You’re done! It’s worth noting that changes in forwarding can take up to 24 hours to go through
If you get stuck the nice folk at Easily.co.uk are always there to help you out! If you require help manaing your domains and website have a look at www.webcaretakers.com
Last Updated on February 18, 2023
That is really helpful, thank you, I have used wix to create a website and have now linked my easily.co.uk domain name to forward over to the looooong wix address they gave me automatically. I selected 'frames', so I hope it will look nice and neat in the address bar! I guess I'll find out in just under 2 hours or so 🙂