(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Enigma computing (HTM) https://enigma.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: General Discussion ***************************************************** #Post#: 17-------------------------------------------------- How to make a FREE domain! By: sgtbraders Date: October 21, 2011, 3:27 am --------------------------------------------------------- This is a detailed guide on how to set up a free .tk domain via (HTM) http://dot.tk This is NOT cloaking. Using .tk cloaking on your forum can cause problems with staying logged in as well as a few others. It is not recommended that you use cloaking, but rather follow this guide to get a free domain with DNS Support. For this guide I will use an example test forum of mine: (HTM) http://random.createaforum.com.com And I will change it's domain to: (HTM) http://random.tk Getting Started If you are not the administrator of the forum you are trying to park the domain to, this will not work. There is information that is needed from the Admin CP and also steps that require access to the control panel. First, you will have to register a domain with .tk. Doing so is not difficult. But with the way their homepage is set up, it can be confusing. When you get to their homepage, there will be a display box in the middle. And a place to enter a domain. Do NOT use this box for your .tk domain. Rather, see the links directly above the box. There is one called Web Domain. Click it. Registering the Domain On the page it brings you to you will need to type the domain name you wish to have. I typed"random" in the box because my URL will be random.tk. After you have typed your desired URL name in the box, click next Choose Free Domain and then click next The page it will bring you to, will ask for your domain and if you want to use DNS support. Click the button that says Use DNS for this domain See picture Nameservers When you click that button, the page will change and you will see 4 boxes appear. But there is also a bubble to check next to Use my own DNS services (check that) To setup the nameservers you have to set the "Name Server" to ns1.yourdomain.tk and ns2.yourdomain.tk And then you will need to go to your forum. Go to Admin CP > Domain Manager (See picture to find IP addresses) There you will find 2 IP addresses (if you notice, they ARE the same) copy that IP address. The IP address will go in the boxes to the right labeled "IP address" the top, you can click Update Forum URL After you've done that, it will change your domain to the .tk domain you've chosen. Don't worry though, if someone goes to the original longform domain of your forum, they'll be redirected to the new one. --- sgtbraders *****************************************************