Domain Substitution: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:31, 8 August 2012

Wherever you see domain.tld, you should substitute your own domain
- For example, if your domain name is computerisms.ca, and you see something like cal.domain.tld, you should read it as cal.computerisms.ca

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 **For example, if your domain name is computerisms.ca, and you see something like cal.domain.tld, you should read it as cal.computerisms.ca
-*Throughout this documentation, you will see a reference to domain.tld.
+==Why domain.tld?==
-*This is meant to be substituted with your own domain name.
+*Domain names are read/written from left to right.
-*TLD stands for Top Level Domain, and it replaces the part where you would have .com, or .org, or .ca, or .net, etc...
+**Technically, all domains start with a . on the far right, but nobody ever uses it, so it becomes like a silent letter
-*So if your domain name is computerisms.ca, every time you see domain.tld, you should substitute computerisms.ca when following these instructions
+**To the left of the first dot is the Top Level Domain, or TLD
+***Examples of TLDs include .com, .ca, .org, and .net.
+**To the left of the TLD is another . which separates the TLD from the domain
+**The domain is what you buy, and you need to buy it from each TLD you want your name to be in
+***For example, my domain is computerisms, and I have that domain in a few different TLDs, such as .ca and .com
+**Another . may be placed to the left of the domain, and a subdomain placed to the left of that
+***Sub domains are useful for identifying machines and services available to your domain, such as webmail
+***An example of a subdomain would be cal.computerisms.ca, which on these help pages would be written as cal.domain.tld