When you setup a Windows SharePoint Services web site with ICS you have two options of associating URL's with your site.

1. Standard URL's
2. Personalized URL's

Standard URL's

A standard URL uses our domain name with a site name that you choose to make up the URL of your Windows SharePoint web site. For example, if you select 'electronics' as your site name, then your URL would be - 'http://wss.icscentral.com/electronics'

Personalized URL's

A personalized URL allows you to use a top-level domain name to associate with your Windows SharePoint web site. For example you could use 'http://www.mydomain.com' or 'http://sharepoint.mydomain.com' as your URL.

When you select to use a personalized URL with your Windows SharePoint web site you must first register and host the domain name, and then you must create an 'A' record for the domain and point it to our service. The following section describes how to configure a personalized URL for your new Windows SharePoint web site.

Configuring a Personalized URL for your New Windows SharePoint web site.

Introduction

A personalized URL will allow you to access your Windows SharePoint web site with a URL other than 'http://wss.icscentral.com/mysite'.

For example, you might want to use 'http://www.mycompany.com' as your URL for accessing your Windows SharePoint web site.

Note: If ICS host your domain name then an 'A' record will automatically be created when you select your personalized URL. If ICS does not host your domain name then you will have to contact the registrar for your domain and have them create an 'A' record and point it to the following IP Address:

206.127.14.11

Step 1 - Registering your Domain Name

If your domain name is already registered through a third party, please continue to Step 2.

The first step in using a personalized URL is registering a domain name. ICS can register the domain name for you. To register a domain name please click here.

It usually takes between 24 to 48 hours for registration of a domain name to complete. If you registered your domain with ICS than you do not need to proceed to Step 2. If your domain name was registered through a third party please continue to Step 2.

Step 2 -Configuring your Domain Name System (DNS) Record

This step involves configuring what is known as an 'A' record for your domain name to point to the IP Address of our service.

In order to use your domain name with our Windows SharePoint hosting service, you would create an 'A' record and point it to the following IP Address.

206.127.14.11

Once the change to the 'A' record has been made, you may need to wait as long as 72 hours for this change to propagate throughout the internet's domain name system. This will especially be true if the host name you are selecting already exist and you are changing the IP Address of the 'A' record.

When you create a new Windows SharePoint web site with the personalized URL option, our system will automatically verify that these changes have been made to the domain name. If these changes are not complete then our system will not be able to setup your site.

This page was last modified on April 27 2004