Domain name and NameServer settings

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Posted by mickscool, 10-09-2007, 09:09 PM
Hi Friends, I have a simple question. I updated my account from shared to my first VPS account with GoDaddy and they assigned me a I.P. Now,I choose the options to use GoDaddy NameServers,and i changed the entry there so that my domain name points to my I.P,like this: Host: @ Point to: Now,if i type my domain name in the browser,it shows my website but if i click on any link, my I.P address is being shown on the browser instead of my I.P.This is happening for all the links. So,can someone please tell me what nameservers settings i need to so that this does not happens. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks
Posted by foobic, 10-09-2007, 11:31 PM
It will be your webserver setup not your nameservers. Look for ServerName or ServerAlias in httpd.conf.
Posted by david510, 10-10-2007, 02:04 AM
Can you please explain a bit more on this.
Posted by mickscool, 10-10-2007, 08:58 AM
Thanks Guys, OK click on this link: www.cricfever.com Now click on any link inside the website like "How to watch" and you will see the domain name in the address bar changes to an IP address. Thats my question...can you help now??
Posted by david510, 10-10-2007, 09:16 AM
This seems to be a joomla configuration issue. Check the parameters supplied in the configuration.php is correct.
Posted by foobic, 10-10-2007, 09:22 AM
Since it's Joomla you could set the link domain with the $mosConfig_live_site value in configuration.php. But unless you've got that set to the IP address the problem is that Joomla is unable to read the domain name automatically - which would indicate a misconfiguration in httpd.conf.
Posted by mickscool, 10-10-2007, 08:20 PM
Thanks guys, Like you said it was in the configuration.php that the live site was pointing to the IP instead of the domain name. Thanks a lot...appreciate it.

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