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Contents 1 Definitions 1.1 What is a subdomain ? 1.2 What use ? 1.3 What are all types of redirects that I can do ? 2 Administration panel 2.1 Domain name informations 2.2 Action buttons 2.2.1 Manage my aliases 2.2.1.1 How can I make a redirect to one of my game servers ? 2.2.1.2 How can I make a redirect to one of my vocal servers ? 2.2.1.3 How can I make a redirect to one of my web hosting ? 2.2.1.4 How can I make a redirect to an external website ? 2.2.1.5 How can I make a redirect to an IP adress ? 2.2.1.6 How can I make a redirect to send and receive emails ? 2.2.1.6.1 Preamble 2.2.1.6.2 Domaine configuration

Definitions

What is a subdomain ?

A sub-domain (also called redirect or alias) is a part of the Internet address of a website that precedes the domain name.

What use ?

Subdomain is a way to divide your site into sections with short and easy to remember names.

Exemple :

• http://mysite.verygames.net/, my-site is a subdomain.

What are all types of redirects that I can do ?

With the VeryGames's administration panel, you can perform several types of redirects :

• to a VeryGames'games server
• to a VeryGames's voice server
• to a VeryGames's web hosting
• to a website
• to an IP address
• to receive and send emails

Administration panel

In this panel, you will find several buttons :

• Manage my aliases
• Manage operations
• Maintenance
• Manage secondary access

Domain name informations

On your panel, you can see :

• The link to your site followed by its number (ID of your domain name)
• A renew button
• The end date

Action buttons

Manage my aliases

How can I make a redirect to one of my game servers ?

1. Click on
2. Select the tab "Add an alias"
3. Choose a sub-domain name

 * You can not use an existing name
 * You can only use the following characters :
  a to z
  Numbers 0 to 9
  Dash - 
  Point .
 * It takes at least 1 character except for special Cases

4. Select for my VeryGames game server(s)
5. Select the game server for which you want to create a redirect

• To help you, you can see the ID and the IP of your game server

6. Just click on "CREATE" button

NOTE :

• If there is a problem, a message appears, click again on "CREATE" button.
  

• If everything is correct, your subdomain is created.
  

Once you sub-domain if functionnal, you can access your game server by using the "redirect" created DNS alias.

Exemple :

• steam://connect/game.my-domaine.co.uk:27015 will access the game server steam://connect/77.111.201.201:27015

You must indicate the port of the server.

How can I make a redirect to one of my vocal servers ?

1. Click on
2. Select the tab "Add an alias"
3. Choose a sub-domain name

 * You can not use an existing name
 * You can only use the following characters :
  a to z
  Numbers 0 to 9
  Dash - 
  Point .
 * It takes at least 1 character except for special Cases

4. Select for my VeryGames voice server(s)
5. Select the vocal server for which you want to create a redirect

• To help you, you can see the ID and the IP of your vocal server

6. Just click on "CREATE" button

NOTE :

• If there is a problem, a message appears, click again on "CREATE" button.
  
  

• If everything is correct, your subdomain is created.
  

You just have to wait for the DNS servers to be up-to-date over the Internet.

Once you sub-domain if functionnal, you can access your vocal server by using the "redirect" created DNS alias.

Exemple :

• mumble://mumble.mon-domaine.fr:51012 will access the vocal server Mumble ULL instead of mumble://mumble-1.verygames.net:51012

You must indicate the port of the server to access.

How can I make a redirect to one of my web hosting ?

1. Click on
2. Select the tab "Add an alias"
3. Choose a sub-domain name

 * You can not use an existing name
 * You can only use the following characters :
  a to z
  Numbers 0 to 9
  Dash - 
  Point .
 * It takes at least 1 character except for special Cases

4. Select for my VeryGames web hosting(s)
5. Select the web hosting for which you want to create a redirect

• To help you, you can see the ID and the IP of your vocal server

6. Just click on "CREATE" button

NOTE :

• If there is a problem, a message appears, click again on "CREATE" button.
  
  

• If everything is correct, your subdomain is created.
  

You just have to wait for the DNS servers to be up-to-date over the Internet.

Once you sub-domain if functionnal, you can access your web hosting by using the "redirect" created DNS alias.

Exemple :

• http://www.mon-domaine.us will access to your VeryGames web hosting.

How can I make a redirect to an external website ?

1. Click on
2. Select the tab "Add an alias"
3. Choose a sub-domain name

 * You can not use an existing name
 * You can only use the following characters :
  a to z
  Numbers 0 to 9
  Dash - 
  Point .
 * It takes at least 1 character except for special Cases

4. Select to an external website 5. Enter the URL where you wish the subdomain to point

 * Be careful to note the correct address 
 * You must provide a valid address

6. Choose if you want you sub-domain to be transparent or not.

• If you tick this box, your redirect will be "transparent".

You will only see your domain name address in the browser URL bar.

• If you do not tick this box, your redirect will be "direct".

7. Just click on "CREATE" button

NOTE :

• If there is a problem, a message appears, click again on "CREATE" button.
  
  

• If everything is correct, your subdomain is created.
  

You just have to wait for the DNS servers to be up-to-date over the Internet.

Once you sub-domain if functionnal, you can access to your website by using the "redirect" created DNS alias.

Exemple :

• http://www.mon-domaine.fr will access to the website http://my-test-website.website-test.com/a_directory_at_random/

How can I make a redirect to an IP adress ?

1. Click on
2. Select the tab "Add an alias"
3. Choose a sub-domain name

 * You can not use an existing name
 * You can only use the following characters :
  a to z
  Numbers 0 to 9
  Dash - 
  Point .
 * It takes at least 1 character except for special Cases

4. Select to an IP adress 5. Enter the IP adress of the website where you wish the subdomain to point

 * Be careful to note the correct IP address in the format IPV4
 * You must provide a valid IP address
 You must configure the server that holds the IP to use your redirect

6. Just click on "CREATE" button

NOTE :

• If there is a problem, a message appears, click again on "CREATE" button.
  
  

• If everything is correct, your subdomain is created.
  

You just have to wait for the DNS servers to be up-to-date over the Internet.

Once you sub-domain if functionnal, you can access to your website by using the "redirect" created DNS alias.

Exemple :

• http://www.my-domain.com will access to the website http://8.8.8.8/

How can I make a redirect to send and receive emails ?

Preamble

There are many ways to use its domain name to send and receive emails.

1. First, you must create a Google account to can use the service : manage my domain name

You can create it at here :

• https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?hl=EN

2. When your account is created, you can go to Google Apps :

• https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new?hl=EN

Google Apps est une plate-forme prêt configurer qui permet de lié un domaine à divers services comme :

• Une messagerie instantanée
• An agenda
• An inbox
• ...etc

3. Just enter the domain name, and click on "Get Started" button 4. Ensuite, il vous faut remplir un questionnaire précis qui vous demande quelques informations personnelles

• Name
• Surname
• email adress
• Phone
• ...etc

5. Une fois le questionnaire dûment remplis, vous arrivez au stade de la configuration du domaine.

Domaine configuration