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#Create an index.http file to redirect visitors to your main page.
Lets assume that your domain is ''testing.me.uk''.
You will already have a CNAME DNS entry for 'www.testing.me.uk' set to 'www-server.co.uk'. However, by default we do not create a record for just 'testing.me.uk' so one will need to be created.
We then need to tell the webserver to redirect visitors to your website with the 'www'.
==DNS Entry:==▼
==Setting up the Redirect==
▲==Creating the DNS Entry:==
The DNS entry will need to be an 'A Record', set to 81.187.30.81, ie:
[[File:Webhosting-dns.png]]
This can be done on the Control Pages.
==index.http file==▼
▲==Creating and Uploading the index.http file==
An index.http file is a special file that our webserver will interpret specially. The file should be like this:
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