I've been searching the web for hours trying to find a solution and figured why not come to the source of all that is dnn...
Here's the situation:
I have a Go Daddy deluxe account (Yes, I know it's not the greatest hosting location, but it's where my client hosts his websites).
I've been working on a DNN site and finally got it all setup. For example sake, it is at www.mydomain.com/dnn.
My client has a new URL he wants to use for the site: www.mycompany.com.
So, in Go Daddy's hosting manager, I went to domain management, and added the new domain (yes, he already owned it), and selected the dnn folder. So in the domain manager www.mycompany.com pointed to /dnn (on the mydomain.com account).
According to Go Daddy, it's all setup. And I verified it goes to the /dnn directory.
Inside the DNN app, as host, I added the following portal aliases:
www.mycompany.com
mycompany.com
they are listed directly beneath mydomain.com/dnn (which I cannot seem to edit).
Now, if I type in www.mycompany.com OR mycompany.com, the url does go to the directory, HOWEVER, www.MYDOMAIN.com/dnn is displayed in the browser. In essence, we lose the new domain name. We don't want a simple redirect. We want www.mycompany.com to be the site.
I've tested by putting an index.htm file in the director and going to www.mycompany.com/index.htm and that works. I also put app_offline.htm in the directory and when I got to www.mycompany.com that file is served.
BUT when I simply go to www.mycompany.com, the browswer address bar changes to www.mydomain.com/dnn.
I know I've done this dance before a few years back and finally got it working, but for the life of me I can't get this to work.
PLEASE help, as the client would like to go live this coming week. I'm open to suggestions, but I have to believe regardless that this should be possible, even on Go Daddy.
Thanks!
Brian