Show Your Domain in the Address Bar
If you have a domain that you own and want that domain to show in the address bar instead, it is possible; however, also has some complications noted at the bottom of this email.
To accomplish this:
Host your domain on any hosting provider. There are many to choose from including Bluehost and Godaddy. You won't need a powerful package to accomplish this. Typically their least expensive website hosting package will do just fine as the hosting provider is merely loading content from our servers.
Contact your hosting provider on how to get your domain pointed at them. They will provide you the technical support necessary to get your domain online and hosted with their service.
Once your domain is operational with the website hosting provider, paste the following code into the index page. Typically it is called index.html or index.htm.
<html> <head> <title>YOUR WEBSITE NAME</title> <style type="text/css"> body, html { margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; } #content { position:absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; top: 0px; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="content"> <iframe width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" src="https://propertymanage.biz/YOUR-BRAND" /> </div> </body> </html>
Be sure to replace the content for "YOUR WEBSITE NAME" and "YOUR-BRAND" with the appropriate values. You will find the value for YOUR-BRAND by logging into Rentec Direct and visiting Settings, Professional Website & Branding. The value you set in "Web Address" will be the value you enter here.
This method lets all visitors to your website see www.yourwebsite.com in the address bar, but does have a couple drawbacks.
Any bookmarks done by visitors will always bookmark your homepage. Internal bookmarks with iframes do not work.
Search Engines will still display your content as coming from https://propertymanage.biz/YOUR-BRAND if searched.
Because of the drawbacks with using this iframe method, we recommend instead that you forward your domain web traffic to your custom web address at Rentec Direct. To do this, follow the directions in this article: Using Your Own Domain For Your Website.