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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Xandria on October 13, 2003, 06:44:10 am

Title: dot tk: too good to be true?
Post by: Xandria on October 13, 2003, 06:44:10 am

Ever since we got our cable internet connection hooked up a couple months ago, I\'ve been interesting in getting a domain name.  When I visited Kada\'s Tavern, I saw the dot tk banner ad, so I checked it out.

The free service looked interesting, except that you had to have a certain number of hits each month or so to keep the name (something that wouldn\'t work for me right now).  Then I saw the things that came with the subscribed service.  The options looked good, and then I saw the price: 10 USD a year!  Now that seems really cheap for what they\'re offering, so I was wondering if someone who already has the subscribed dot tk domain name could help me out with the following:

1) Is it really only 10 USD per YEAR?

2) Are the banner ads/pop-ups still displayed?

3) Does it work with a dynamic IP address?

4) Would you recommend this service for someone who wants to put up a small webpage on their home server for the public to access via a registered domain address (aka me  :) )

Thank you for all your help!   8)

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Post by: Kithplana on October 13, 2003, 07:29:59 am

For $10 USD a year, you can get a .com, .net, or .org from GoDaddy, which I\'m sure is supported by most dynamic IP tracking programs. ;)

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Post by: Caldazar on October 13, 2003, 09:08:37 am

Dot.tk is free, and you will get a nice pop-up to your site. You need an old URL though, for example, http://www.geocities.com/Cal/owns/index.htm

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Post by: seperot on October 13, 2003, 10:45:33 am

yea go to godaddy.com  same price and a shiny .com site :D

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Post by: Xandria on October 13, 2003, 05:27:27 pm

Does godaddy allow the same DNS feature as the dot tk one (ex: forums.xandria.com, shop.xandria.com, etc.)?

Not really something I need, but just wondering since I\'m comparing anyway.  I\'ll definitely look at godaddy when I get a chance.

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Post by: zaphar on October 14, 2003, 11:34:25 pm

Try out dyndns.org also I use them to hose a server over my cable connection. They are pretty good I have no problems with them. and if your ip varies occasionally there are a number of apps that will help you keep the ip updated.

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Post by: Tepsu on October 15, 2003, 10:28:39 am

Jeh, if people would just use some REAL browsers, not IE crap, you would not have to worry about popups...

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Post by: Xalthar on October 15, 2003, 02:14:32 pm

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Originally posted by Tepsu
Jeh, if people would just use some REAL browsers, not IE crap, you would not have to worry about popups...

right on... IE sucks... get mozilla ;)

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Post by: Caldazar on October 15, 2003, 03:38:35 pm

Opera for teh win.
(note the teh)

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Post by: Elegrand on November 02, 2003, 01:31:36 am

Pop ups get blocked using the Google toolbar worth the d/l

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Post by: Axsyrus on November 02, 2003, 01:47:09 am

you don\'t have to use crappy toolbars if you just use Opera, you can choose all kinds of nice skins for opera too :]

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Post by: Caldazar on November 02, 2003, 11:33:25 am

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Originally posted by Axsyrus
you don\'t have to use crappy toolbars if you just use Opera, you can choose all kinds of nice skins for opera too :]

Word.