I just want to make sure that EVERYone could hit my sites if I direct them to [url]http://mysite.com[/url] (no “www,” rather than [url]http://www.mysite.com[/url] (with “www”). You still hear everybody describe domain names (even in radio, where seconds matter) as… “w w w mysite.com.” Much easier and efficient to say “mysite.com.” Just wondering if anyone knows anything for sure.
@LeeUFeb 02.2007 — #It depends on your hosting company. You should be able to do it without the "www' but you will have to try it. If it doesn't work, ask your hosting company to set it up so it will.
@WebJoelFeb 05.2007 — #Question should have a great big 'resolved' check-mark on it (LeeU answered perfectly & succintly, as usual) ? .
A few years ago I set-up a client's site on a paid-for host and this was one of the things that we checked, -by searching the newly-hosted site using the prefix "www", and again without "www". (Both worked, so we were okay).
A good host, yes, should provide both. If they do not, request it, or get another host. (this doesn't apply to 'subdomain hosting' I beleive, whereby YOUR sitename-dot is followed by the HOST's name-dot com, e.g., "http://joelburdick.awardspace.com", which is "[I]my site[/I]" ? . Using "www" doesn't work, -you would get a 'server not found' error. I can live with this since the hosting is free and I don't have my own domain set-up yet).
@DARTHTAMPONFeb 05.2007 — #I thought the www and lack of www were all associated with the dns. If your site does not allow you to navigate to a www less address you should be able to call up register and for a small fee get a wild card attached to your domain.