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Just purchased a domain name and I need it to direct to a forum I have. Can anyone walk me through it please?

[Tim Madisun]

Who did you register it with?

Usually, you need to log onto the account you have with the domain registrar ie) Godaddy.

If you actually own the website where your forum is based, then you'll need to change the nameservers over. Your web host will be able and willing to tell you what these are.

If you've just bought a website url and want to forward that to the forum, most registrars have a forward link on the domain management. You'll no doubt have a log on and control panel for your registrar, so this is quite straight forward.

[David Pagi]

The most search engine friendly methos is to do a 301 redirect if thats what you are asking for? Read up on it via Google or whatever.