Why can't the local hosts get it right?

[patrick]

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My pet peeve at the moment is having to type in the www. part of the url, I'm on the web, using a browser the www. should just be assumed. Now this works internationally, like with cnn.com and bbc.com, but try sundaytimes.co.za or vodacom.co.za and nothing... News24 has it working, but the rest seem so behind the times, and it's not like they're piddly little companies, fix it you morons, you look so unprofessional!
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[stix]

lol guess its just laziness when setting up the domain.

[Gambit]

You should try holding down ctrl and pressing enter after typing in the site name. Browser will automatically wrap the name in www. and .com. But i do agree that admin should setup the dns to work without www

[lion_fish]

It is just a little setting whn creating a domain on the Host server.

So if it doesnt work it just means the person who registered the domain was too lazy to do it properly.

Maybe you should also check that your domain is registered properly and in your name (if its your domain giving the trouble)...

[AcidRaZor]

lol, yea ive noticed that too. All you need to do is add a * to the DNS records but most people are oblivious to that fact. It hits your business quite a bit when someone can't access the website (I've seen a lot of complaints from other people about this)

If you want a decent host you need to set it up yourself

[bwana]

Sheer laziness and/or incompetence.

[icyrus]

Sheer laziness and/or incompetence.

The proudly south african way.

[GavinMannion]

You should try holding down ctrl and pressing enter after typing in the site name. Browser will automatically wrap the name in www. and .com. But i do agree that admin should setup the dns to work without www

cool trick....

Back on topic it annoys me as well,

[patrick]

And when you have to say to people go to www. etc. it takes forever. www is the only acronym I can think of that has three times as many syllables as the words it intends to shorten...