How to point your own 123-reg domain name to Xampp Apache web server to your free your no-ip.com domain name
Assuming these are the domain names we are using.
Please do not use these names they are for demonstration only.
http://ok1to34567890.be is our 123-reg domain name
http://this-ismmy-no-ip.myftp.org/smf is our noip domain name on xampp.
Login to your 123-reg.co.uk control panel
http://www.123-reg.co.ukHello your-name not you?
Select your Domain names from the menu.
Your domains: ok1to34567890.be
CLICK ON MANAGE
Currently managing ok1to34567890.be
Select one form the menu:-
Access my InstantSite Account Manage DNS Web Forwarding
E-mail Management Change Nameservers Modify Contact Details Transfer Domain to another 123-reg user Display or Print an Invoice Domain Parking
CLICK ON CHANGE NAMESERVERS ENSURE BOTH ARE SET TO
Nameserver 1: ns2.123-reg.co.uk
Nameserver 2 ns.123-reg.co.uk
Important informationIt can take 48 hours for name servers to be updated across the internet. Your website might be unavailable during this time.
SELECT WEB FORWARDING
This part of the control panel allows you to modify the web forwarding for your domain name.
Warning: This will change your DNS back their default settings, but is necessary to ensure web forwarding works. Any DNS changes will take 24-48 hours to fully propagate the internet.
No web-forwarding
If you select this option anyone typing
http://ok1to34567890.be into a web browser will be shown the 123-Reg default page.
INFORMATION Framed web-forwarding to a single page
If you select web-forwarding to a single page the destination URL can have a specific filename on the end (e.g. index.htm).
It could just point to a directory (URL ends with /) in which case the files displayed would depend on the webserver 'directory index' settings.
The destination URL will be replaced by
http://ok1to34567890.be.
Non-framed web-forwarding to a single page
This option is the same as above however the destination URL will always be displayed in the address bar of the browser.
SELECT FRAMED WEB-FORWARDING
Framed web-forwarding
The destination URL will be replaced by
http://ok1to34567890.be Non-framed web-forwarding
The destination URL will remain in the browser's address bar.
ENTER THE URL TO FORWARD TO THIS IS THE FREE NO-IP
URL ON XAMPP SERVER.
URL to forward website for
http://ok1to34567890.be.be to:
ENTER THE NOIP URL NAME IN XAMPP
http://this-ismmy-no-ip.myftp.org/smfADD ALL THE META TAG INFORMATION
Title to be displayed in browser (for framed forwarding only):
URL of page icon (commonly favicon.ico):
If you have chosen framed web forwarding and intend to submit your site to Search Engines please complete the meta tag data below.
Meta tag Author:
Your web forwarding has been updated.
http://ok1to34567890.be now points to
http://this-ismmy-no-ip.myftp.org/smfLOGOUT
CHECK IN A BROWSER ENTER YOUR NEW 123-REG URL.
