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Someone I know has a domain name registered with Freeola, but its just a home page that immediately redirects to a site hosted on BT, because that's where his family's broadband connection is, which makes FTP rather more easy. Problem is that the URL in the browser's address bar, not surprisingly, then shows the somewhat naff address(es) within the BT webspace, rather than the Freeola hosted name.
In other words, you start off at www.propersite.co.uk, but immediately you find yourself at www.something.btopenworld.com/propersite/index.html (or similar). Not so pretty.
I can't suggest many ways of making it look as though you're still on the "proper" domain. Framess are the only way I can think of, and I don't think he wants to get into frames. He obviously can't transfer the domain name to BT, because they don't do hosting. OK, he could kick BT's broadband and swap to Freeola, or take the hosting elsewhere and transfer the domain from Freeola.
But, meantime, is there a tech way of "concealing" the true URL in the address bar?
In other words, you start off at www.propersite.co.uk, but immediately you find yourself at www.something.btopenworld.com/propersite/index.html (or similar). Not so pretty.
I can't suggest many ways of making it look as though you're still on the "proper" domain. Framess are the only way I can think of, and I don't think he wants to get into frames. He obviously can't transfer the domain name to BT, because they don't do hosting. OK, he could kick BT's broadband and swap to Freeola, or take the hosting elsewhere and transfer the domain from Freeola.
But, meantime, is there a tech way of "concealing" the true URL in the address bar?
Someone I know has a domain name registered with Freeola, but its just a home page that immediately redirects to a site hosted on BT, because that's where his family's broadband connection is, which makes FTP rather more easy. Problem is that the URL in the browser's address bar, not surprisingly, then shows the somewhat naff address(es) within the BT webspace, rather than the Freeola hosted name.
In other words, you start off at www.propersite.co.uk, but immediately you find yourself at www.something.btopenworld.com/propersite/index.html (or similar). Not so pretty.
I can't suggest many ways of making it look as though you're still on the "proper" domain. Framess are the only way I can think of, and I don't think he wants to get into frames. He obviously can't transfer the domain name to BT, because they don't do hosting. OK, he could kick BT's broadband and swap to Freeola, or take the hosting elsewhere and transfer the domain from Freeola.
But, meantime, is there a tech way of "concealing" the true URL in the address bar?
In other words, you start off at www.propersite.co.uk, but immediately you find yourself at www.something.btopenworld.com/propersite/index.html (or similar). Not so pretty.
I can't suggest many ways of making it look as though you're still on the "proper" domain. Framess are the only way I can think of, and I don't think he wants to get into frames. He obviously can't transfer the domain name to BT, because they don't do hosting. OK, he could kick BT's broadband and swap to Freeola, or take the hosting elsewhere and transfer the domain from Freeola.
But, meantime, is there a tech way of "concealing" the true URL in the address bar?
I used to forward any .tk adresses to geocities and the address bar didn't change so it can be done, but how .... that's another story, I thought all redirection services left the original URL in the address bar, obviously not.
Simplest way would be to create an index page of just one, full-window frame and load set the current BT-hosted content as the source.
That way, the original URL would always be in the address bar. As long as he doesn't have any frame-busting content such as TARGET="_TOP" in any pages, it should work well enough.
That way, the original URL would always be in the address bar. As long as he doesn't have any frame-busting content such as TARGET="_TOP" in any pages, it should work well enough.
As far as I know, frames the only simple way.
Although as freeola support php, he could probably do a similar,which involves put the main site on the freeola server, and then either make a system so that it can be edited via text boxes online, or include the actual content from the BT servers (basically, create a dynamic website).
Be much easier to just use www.staghosting.com, mind ;)
Although as freeola support php, he could probably do a similar,which involves put the main site on the freeola server, and then either make a system so that it can be edited via text boxes online, or include the actual content from the BT servers (basically, create a dynamic website).
Be much easier to just use www.staghosting.com, mind ;)
Thanks, all.