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A domain name is a string of characters that identifies a realm of authority within a Domain Naming System (DNS).

A domain name is a string of characters that identifies a realm of authority within a Domain Naming System (DNS). They serve as human-friendly pointers to IP addresses and other resources that host various services like HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP, IMAP, SIP, etc. Domain names can be (and are) used on private networks, but they are an integral component of the modern Internet.

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Get The Current Domain Name With Javascript (Not the path, etc.)

I plan on buying two domain names for the same site. Depending on which domain is used I plan on providing slightly different data on the page. Is there a way for me to detect the actual domain name that the page is loading from so that I know…
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Nginx 403 error: directory index of [folder] is forbidden

I have 3 domain names and am trying to host all 3 sites on one server (a Digital Ocean droplet) using Nginx. mysite1.name mysite2.name mysite3.name Only 1 of them works. The other two result in 403 errors (in the same way). In my nginx error log, I…
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Linux command to translate domain name to IP

Is there any Linux command to translate a domain name to an IP address?
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What is a regular expression which will match a valid domain name without a subdomain?

I need to validate a domain name: google.com stackoverflow.com So a domain in its rawest form - not even a subdomain like www. Characters should only be a-z | A-Z | 0-9 and period(.) and dash(-) The domain name part should not start or end with…
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What's the best method in ASP.NET to obtain the current domain?

I am wondering what the best way to obtain the current domain is in ASP.NET? For instance: http://www.domainname.com/subdir/ should yield http://www.domainname.com http://www.sub.domainname.com/subdir/ should yield http://sub.domainname.com As a…
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WWW or not WWW, what to choose as primary site name?

From technical perspective the only issue is traffic and incoming links (one of them should redirect to another). Now I need to choose which one should be primary. Some sites have www (google, microsoft, ruby-lang) and some without www…
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PHP get domain name

I want to get the domain name for where the script is running. How can that be done with PHP? I see that $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] as well as $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] contain this information. Will that variable always work and should I use one over the…
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How to obtain Domain name via JavaScript?

Is there a way to obtain the domain name of the current page by using javascript in a browser (IE, FireFox, etc) ?
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Are email addresses allowed to contain non-alphanumeric characters?

I'm building a website using Django. The website could have a significant number of users from non-English speaking countries. I just want to know if there are any technical restrictions on what types of characters an email address could…
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How to get page URL or hostname in NextJs Project?

I want to get the page's full URL or site hostname like the image below on Static Site Generator. I will try with window.location.hostname, but it doesn't work. The error: window not defined.
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Get domain name from an email address

I have an email address xyz@yahoo.com I want to get the domain name from the email address. Can I achieve this with Regex?
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How to validate domain name in PHP?

Is it possible without using regular expression? For example, I want to check that a string is a valid domain: domain-name abcd example Are valid domains. These are invalid of course: domaia@name ab$%cd And so on. So basically it should start with…
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How to use naked GoDaddy domain with OpenShift hosting?

Desired Behaviour I have a GoDaddy domain name and am using OpenShift for hosting. I would like the following to be true: a) user enters www.mysitename.com > user sees mysitename.com b) user enters www.mysitename.com/about.html > user sees…
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Get domain name (not subdomain) in php

I have a URL which can be any of the following…
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Using Domain name instead of localhost in with https in xampp

My question may be stupid, But honestly I searched a lot and got success but not complete. I use xampp with windows 8. My host file looks as follows. 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 www.mysite.com My httpd-vhosts.config looks as follows. …
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