Help Documents: Domain Names

   http://www.islandnet.com/~username

   http://www.yourdomain.com/~username

To be virtual, your domain needs to "point" at one of our virtual web servers (we do this). Once this is set up your URL would look like this:

   http://www.yourdomain.com/

• You get detailed traffic reports that include such information as page hits, which search engines are being used to find you, which search terms people are using to find you, what platforms and browsers your visitors are using, which sites are accessing you the most, which sites are referring people to yours, and much more.

• You can create your own customized error messages so people won't see the Islandnet.com specific screens. For example, try visiting an URL on Islandnet.com that doesn't exist: does_not_exist.html

At Islandnet.com we allow you full control over your domain through the optional use of a "map file". This file maps e-mail addresses at your domain to real e-mail addresses (which may or may not be physically located at Islandnet.com).

So for example, you can have all mail that arrives for "webmaster@yourdomain.com" be automatically redirected to the person who handles your web pages, and all mail for "sales@yourdomain.com" might be redirected to still another person, and so on.

If an incoming message doesn't match any of the mappings you've set up, then it gets filed into the default mailbox (the account that the domain is registered to).

Additional features allow you to create mappings that generate a "no such user" error message, to silently delete messages, and forward messages to a fax number or pager.

The map file facility is available with any domain hosted at Islandnet.com, whether you've elected to make it a virtual domain or not.

Click here to view the map file instructions.