Category: Domains
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Connecting another domain to CreateFSU
If you have already purchased a domain and want to use it as the domain for your CreateFSU account, get in touch with us. We can help you start the process. If you want to use a different subdomain of FSU, follow the instructions at FSU Domains and CreateFSU to ensure you are getting the…
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Force HTTPS Redirect
Background: What is HTTPS? You may navigate to your site and notice that your site is listed as “not secure” near the URL bar. This does not necessarily mean that something is wrong with your site! When you navigate to your site, your computer needs to use a protocol to connect your browser to the…
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FSU Domains and CreateFSU
You may wish to use your CreateFSU account to host content on an FSU-owned domain (i.e. a direct subdomain of fsu.edu). Before proceeding it is important that you get in touch with us at lib-create@fsu.edu. The following guide outlines the steps for doing a domain transfer. You will be able to complete many of the…
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What is DNS?
When you load a website like create.fsu.edu, you are calling up information from a server. Normally, your computer’s browser would use an IP address to find the location of a server. However, IP addresses are long sequences of characters that are not easy to read or memorize. DNS converts easy-to-read domain names into these hard-to-read…