The
University of Georgia is generally limited to providing Domain Names that
end in “uga.edu”. By following this convention, web addresses can become
quite long and unwieldy. Faculty may wish to advertise their web site with
extensions such as: “.net”, “.org”, or “.com”.There
are various reasons for doing this, but the primary motivation tends to
be the improvement of communication through shorter, memorable, convenient
and descriptive Web addresses / URLs.It
is with this in mind that the following procedures are presented for domain
name registration and web addressing.
It
is the policy of the Office of Information Technology to provide a procedure
for faculty to facilitate the procurement of World Wide Web domains (Web
addresses) as requested. It is incumbent upon the faculty to ensure that
the appropriate higher level administration (Department Head, Unit Head,
etc.) is aware and approves of the pursuit and purpose of the domain.Registration
of non-“.edu” domain names may require use of credit cards for purchase.Check
with whomever handles your University-related purchasing to determine the
best method of payment.
The
following procedures assume that you have already registered a fully qualified
domain name at your institution through your designated Domain Network
Liaison.To search the Domain Network
Liaison List for the UGA Campus go to: http://www.uga.edu/netinfo/dnlinfo/
Option
1. Web Address Forwarding
Option
2. University of Georgia Domain Name Services
Option
3.PeachNet Domain Name Services
Available at Tifton Campus
Typical
University of Georgia “uga.edu” Domain Name Service
Givens:You
already have an active website in service at your institution.
b.Somewhere
on the opening web page there should be an entry box for you to type in
your preferred domain name.
c.Click
on the “go” button which will accomplish a domain name check. If your preferred
domain name is available for “.org”, “.net”, and “.com”, you may proceed
to step 2.
d.If
your preferred name is not available, then you will need to determine a
different name.
2.Register
your domain name and configure Web Address Forwarding
b.For
billing and accountability purposes you will be asked for name, address,
and phone numbers.
c.You
will be offered various other value added services in which you may or
may not be interested.
d.You
will be asked to confirm all of your entries.Therefore,
make sure you have the spelling correct for your new domain name.
e.The
typical cost for Web Address Forwarding is between $35 and $70 per year.
Given:You
already have an active website in service at your institution.
You
want to advertise your web address using a non-“.edu” extension.
b.Somewhere
on the opening web page there should be an entry box for you to type in
your preferred domain name.
c.Click
on the “go” button which will accomplish a domain name check. If your preferred
domain name is available for “.org”, “.net”, and “.com”, you may proceed
to step 2.
d.If
your preferred name is not available, then you will need to determine a
different name.
2.Make
sure that your institution will agree to provide domain name services for
your preferred domain name.For
UGA see the University of Georgia Policy for Name Service for Non UGA Organizations:http://www.uga.edu/netinfo/non-uga.name.service.html
Note:While
this UGA policy was put in place to accommodate the need for acceptable
non-UGA Organizations to collaborate with UGA, some of the procedures also
apply to the simple desire to advertise your web site under a preferred
non-“.edu” extension.
b.Indicate
that use of the desired non “.edu” domain name is part of the department's
mission.
c.Indicate
all pertinent contact information.
d.If
the institution agrees to provide domain services then proceed to step
3, otherwise you may want to consider Web Forwarding.
c.You
will be offered various other value added services that you may or may
not be interested in buying.
f.Here
is the Internic information that will be requested of you.
Primary
Server Net Address: 128.192.1.9
Secondary
Server(s) Host Name(s): dns2.uga.edu, dns3.uga.edu
Technical
Contact Handle: HCP1
Given:
You already have an active website in service at your institution.
PEACHNET
will agree to provide domain service for .ORG extensions.
You
want to advertise your web address using a "".org"" extension.
You
are concerned that the domain remain consistent once clientele access your
site. For example, once a client enters www.bugwood.org,
your pages will retain that address.
Note:
These services may require online use of a credit card for purchase. Check
with whomever handles your purchasing to determine the best method of payment.
1. Make
sure that your preferred domain name is availableto
use and that your institution will provide domain name services
a.
Go to a commercial domain registration site such ashttp://www.namesecure.com
or http://www.register.com
or http://www.networksolutions.com
b.
Somewhere on the opening web page there should be an entry box for you
to type in your preferred domain name.
c.
Click on the ""go"" button which will accomplish a domain name check. If
your preferred domain name is available for "".org"" you may proceed to
step 2.
d.
If your preferred name is not available, then you will need to determine
a different name. Note: You could
also pursue the domain dispute process found at:
http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm
.
2.
Register your domain name and provide institutional domain name service
information
a.
The steps vary from site to site. The good sites will simply step you through
the process.
b.
For billing and accountability purposes you will be asked for name, address,
and phone numbers.
c.
You will be offered various other value added services that you may or
may not be interested in buying.
d.
You will be asked to confirm all of your entries. Therefore, make sure
you have the spelling correct for your new domain name.
e.
The typical cost for domain name registration is between $35 and $70 per
year.
f.
Here is the Internic information that will be requested of you.
Primary
Server Host Name: ns.peachnet.edu
Primary
Server Net Address: 131.144.4.10
Secondary
Server(s) Host Name(s): area3.DNS.peach.NET , oit.peachnet.edu
Secondary
Server(s) Net Address(s): 198.72.72.53 , 131.144.4.9
3.
E-mail is sent to Tom Woody ( mailto:twoody@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu
) requesting that PEACHNET provide domain name service and include all
pertinent contact information which must include ip address of web site
and domain name that you have registered. Request will be sent on to PEACHNET
and the user will be informed when his domain name is online.
The
name you choose may contain letters, numbers, and hyphens, but no
spaces or other punctuation.
You
may
not begin or end the name with a hyphen.
schoolbook.org
(a 14-character domain name)
in-the-bank.com
(a hyphenated 15-character domain name)
If
need help with understanding this process, please contact the following:
Griffin
Campus: Jesus Mata, jmata@griffin.uga.edu
Tifton
Campus: Tom Woody, 912/386-3594, twoody@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu
All
other CAES Locations: Chris Adcock, 706/542-5387, ca@uga.edu
This
page was revised on August 16, 2000 by Don Hamilton, donhamil@uga.edu