MemberOk…I made a website on wix but I don’t want to put http://www.wix.com/blablabla/whatever on my invites. I would rather it read nameandname.com so I heard you use sites like go daddy.com for the domain name. Which thing do I buy to do this? Is it the one listed as .com transfers? or is it something else? thanks.
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MemberNot sure about godaddy, but I know theknot.com will let you buy a domain name like that for like $20.
Memberyeah….I already have the site made….and I think if it’s the .com transfer then it’s 7.99
MemberYou could always use a website shortening service like tinyurl, so your website would be tinyurl.com/bride&groom. Still not the same as what you are asking because you still have other domans in the address, but I know it is free, plus you can usually get a counter and see how many cliks you had.
I quick Googled url shortners and this is what came up. So there are many options if you go this route!
MemberWhat you’re talking about is called masking. Masking is when the user only sees the domain name as groombride.com even though the real website is wix.com/whatever. Not all wedding website hosts support masking. If masking is not supported you could forward your website, meaning when users type groombride.com they will be forwarded to wix.com/whatever (and will see the real domain name).
I’m not particularly familiar with Wix, but a quick google search turned up this page on Wix’s support of masking and forwarding: http://www.wix.com/support/forum/flash/other/other/i-bought-domain-forwarding-and-masking-to
Good luck!
Member@T-Rex: I want to avoid any tinyurl.com/________ or wix.com/__________ theknot.com/_____ in my invites. I want it to be more personal so it only list something like our first names or last names then .com I figured it is worth 7.99 or whatever to do that. So using a site to buy a domain like thru godaddy is what I was going for but I don’t know what it is called. Basically that is what I am asking….essentially how do I get it so when someone types in a simple address it gets transfered to the site I made that is ridiculously long and nonpersonal.
MemberYou probably need to upgrade your account to do it:
Member@swarlesk: ok so I think this helps….I’ll let you know!
Member@DeathByDesign: I went to wix.com and made it from their free options. I wanted it to be how I liked it and not an exact template from theknot or weddingwire because I know someone who had one and then people searched their posts and found posts dissing someone and it was a big issue. I know at one time I wrote a vent and so yeah…anyway this is my way of trying to avoid that. Plus I liked it and hadn’t seen any flash stuff like one of the girls I know made. Her site is a million times better than mine on wix but I haven’t spent half the time on mine as she did I guess.
MemberIf you want it to read your names.com you have to get a paid wedding website. All the free ones will have the website name in the link. Wedmedo allows you to create really nice flash wedding website but you do have to pay for it.
here is one of the sample pages http://www.wedmedo.com/contemporary/
MemberI recommend avoiding godaddy.com specifically – I’ve heard a lot of awful things about them. (Everything from their awful, sexist, objectifying advertising to very unfortunate tech support.) But yes, you would want to register a domain and redirect the URL to the one you already have.
Do you know anyone who works on websites? It’s a pretty simple process, but might be different depending on what provider you go with. Someone who’s a little bit savvy, though, could probably do it for you in under 15 minutes.
MemberFiance bought a domain name through godaddy that lasts for a year, brideandgroomwedding.com. I think after setting up the domain name, there is somewhere on the godaddy site where you type in the real address you want the domain name to point to. I remember it being pretty easy.
So 1)buy domain name 2) redirect domain to wix website 3) Put brideandgroomwedding.com on your invites.
Does that make sense?
Member@August252012: Okay, but I think you need to upgrade to a “premium” wix account in order to have your own domain name (see the first item in the list of features on the page I linked to)
Member@DeathByDesign: you don’t have to buy the upgrade from wix though…because I know their prices are alot more than other places and one of the girls I follow on boards bought hers thru godaddy…..i’d ask her but she is not online now. she did hers through wix too.
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