In spirit of easing student involvement at La Sierra High School, I thought of shortening the link for students to access voting polls, surveys, and school web pages. This makes it easier for students to remember the URLs.
I set up the main domain, in this case lshsasb.com, to go directly to our 5 Star Students school web pages. For voting, I set up what is called a sub domain, which allows you to choose a word or phrase to go before the domain (vote.lshsasb.com). Below I’ve included the instructions for GoDaddy.com, but I would be happy to assist anyone in need. You can contact me at JoseBCadenas@yahoo.com
GoDaddy Instructions
How to permanently direct a domain to 5-Star Students school web page:
- Sign in at dcc.godaddy.com
- Click ‘Use My Domain’
- Click ‘Connect to an Existing Site’
- In the box provided for ‘Forward To Any Site’ insert the school web page provided by 5-Star
- Click ‘Next’
- Make sure all information is correct and click ‘Finish’. Give GoDaddy a couple of minutes to update servers to insure the domain points to the school web page without any issues.
- Click ‘Manage Connection’
- A pop up will be displayed. Find and click on ‘Edit’.
- Under ‘Redirect Type’ click ‘301 (Permanent)’
- Click ‘Edit’
How to set up a subdomain:
- Sign in at dcc.godaddy.com
- Click ‘Manage Connection’
- A pop up will be displayed. Make sure to be on the ‘Subdomain’ tab.
- Click ‘Add Subdomain Forwarding’
- Enter Subdomain word or phrase. Phrases should not have spaces.
- Enter URL the subdomain will redirect to. Include the correct ‘http://’ or ‘https://’.
- Click ‘Add’
Thanks Jose for the great tip and detailed instructions!
