{"id":304,"date":"2020-03-03T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combell.nl\/en\/help\/?p=304"},"modified":"2024-03-21T10:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T09:14:04","slug":"what-is-a-webforward-how-do-i-create-change-it","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.combell.nl\/en\/help\/kb\/what-is-a-webforward-how-do-i-create-change-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Webforwarding: redirecting your domain to another url"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A web forwarding redirects your domain name or subdomain to another website.<br>In this article you can read how to create a web forward for your domain name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-block-toc  is-style-outline htoc htoc--position-wide toc-list-style-plain\" data-htoc-state=\"expanded\"><span class=\"htoc__title\"><span class=\"ht_toc_title\">Table of Contents<\/span><span class=\"htoc__toggle\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><g fill=\"#444\"><path d=\"M15 7H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1z\"><\/path><path d=\"M15 1H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1zM15 13H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1z\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/span><div class=\"htoc__itemswrap\"><ul class=\"ht_toc_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#one\">Step 1: Delete existing A- and AAAA-recrods<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#two\">Step 2: Set the web forwarding<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">Changes to DNS-records and webforwards will only take effect after 1 to 4 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"one\">Step 1: Delete existing A- and AAAA-recrods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Because a web forward cannot co-exist with A-record and AAAA-records, you must first delete these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow these steps in the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.combell.nl\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">control panel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>At the top, choose &#8216;My Products&#8217;> &#8216;DNS &amp; Forwarding management&#8217; and click on the &#8220;Manage DNS&#8221; button to the right of the domain for which you want to set up a web forward.<\/li><li>Click on &#8220;A-records&#8221; in the menu on the left. You see a list with all A-records that belong to this domain name.<\/li><li>Delete the A-records for your domain with and without www. <br>Ex. domeinnaam.com and www.domeinnaam.com<\/li><li>Click on &#8220;AAAA-records&#8221; in the menu on the left and delete your AAAA-records in the same way.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22410\" style=\"width: 750px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.combell.nl\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN.png\" alt=\"\"><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"two\">Step 2: Set the web forwarding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow these steps in the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.combell.nl\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">control panel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>At the top, choose &#8216;My Products&#8217;> &#8216;DNS &amp; Forwarding management&#8217; and click on the &#8220;Manage DNS&#8221; button to the right of the domain for which you want to set up a web forward.<\/li><li>Click on &#8220;Webforwarding&#8221; in the menu on the left. <\/li><li>Leave the field &#8220;Web forwarding&#8221; empty if you wish to forward your domain itself.<br>Or fill in &#8220;www&#8221; if you wish to forward your domain with www.<\/li><li>Enter the \u201cdestination\u201d field with the url to which your domain should refer, eg \u201chttps:\/\/ninefortwo.com\u201d ( Note that the \u201chttp: \/\/\u201d or \u201chttps: \/\/\u201d must be present).<\/li><li>Click on &#8220;Add web forwarding&#8221; to finish<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22412\" style=\"width: 750px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.combell.nl\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-3.png\" alt=\"\"><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">Tip: set up a webforward for your domain with and without www so the web forward will work in both cases. <br>You can also set up other subdomain sush as &#8220;mijn.domeinnaam.com&#8221; for ex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A web forwarding redirects your domain name or subdomain to another website.In this article you can read how to create a web forward for your domain name. 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