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[[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: Jaron
Date: July 8, 2011, 6:24 pm
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This is a detailed guide on how to set up a free .tk domain via
HTML http://dot.tk
This is NOT cloaking. Using .tk cloaking on your forum can cause
problems with staying logged in as well as a few others. It is
not recommended that you use cloaking, but rather follow this
guide to get a free domain with DNS Support.
For this guide I will use an example test forum of mine:
HTML http://seldomfail.mysmf.com
And I will change it's domain to:
HTML http://seldomfail.tk
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Getting Started
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If you are not the administrator of the forum you are trying to
park the domain to, this will not work. There is information
that is needed from the Admin CP and also steps that require
access to the control panel.
First, you will have to register a domain with .tk. Doing so is
not difficult. But with the way their homepage is set up, it can
be confusing.
When you get to their homepage, there will be a display box in
the middle. And a place to enter a domain. Do NOT use this box
for your .tk domain. Rather, see the links directly above the
box. There is one called Web Domain. Click it.
See picture
HTML http://i52.tinypic.com/10h25gk.jpg
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Registering the Domain
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On the page it brings you to (the picture above), you will need
to type the domain name you wish to have.
I typed "seldomfail" in the box because my URL will be
seldomfail.tk.
After you have typed your desired URL name in the box, click
next
Choose Free Domain and then click next
The page it will bring you to, will ask for your domain and if
you want to use DNS support.
Click the button that says Use DNS for this domain
See picture
HTML http://i56.tinypic.com/wtyjw1.png
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Nameservers
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When you click that button, the page will change and you will
see 4 boxes appear.
But there is also a bubble to check next to Use my own DNS
services (check that)
To setup the nameservers you have to set the "Name Server" to
ns1.yourdomain.tk and ns2.yourdomain.tk
And then you will need to go to your forum. Go to Admin CP >
Domain Manager (See picture to find IP addresses
HTML http://i55.tinypic.com/2q9b9r9.png)
There you will find 2 IP addresses (if you notice, they ARE the
same) copy that IP address. The IP address will go in the boxes
to the right labeled "IP address"
See picture
HTML http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad213/Seldom_Fail/nameservers.png
After you have done this, go down the page.
Put your email address in the box where it asks for your email.
It is very important that you can access this email and/or use
it frequently because you WILL have to activate your domain
through a confirmation email.
Then click next
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Account Registration
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If you already have an account with the email you provided, it
will just ask you for a password.
If you do not have an account, you will be redirected to a page
where you can sign up. (don't worry. It's still free)
And then you're done with your domain registration! woo hoo!
but.. we aren't done yet :P
See Picture
HTML http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad213/Seldom_Fail/registrationdone.png
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Domain Confirmation
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You should get the email fairly quickly. Remember to check your
spam folder also (Yahoo tags it as spam)
See Picture
HTML http://i55.tinypic.com/ojjb6t.png
Like any confirmation, you'll need to copy the confirmation code
toward the top of the email you'll be sent. And then go to the
link and put the code in the confirmation box.
This will activate your domain. If you do not do this, your
domain will not work
After you confirm it, you will get a page that says your domain
has been activated.
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Parking the Domain
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Now we go back to our domain manager (Admin CP > Domain Manager)
And we put the domain we registered in the text box for the
domain.
See Picture
HTML http://i52.tinypic.com/v8izcn.png
After you've entered your domain, click Park Domain
You will now see more text appear at the bottom of that page.
It will look like this: See Picture
HTML http://i52.tinypic.com/2r5450y.png
It will take anywhere from 3 to 48 hours to make the DNS
changes. So periodically click VERIFY URL. When you see a black
1 at the top, you can click Update Forum URL
The page will look like this: See Picture
HTML http://i53.tinypic.com/1649qc.png
After you've done that, it will change your domain to the .tk
domain you've chosen. Don't worry though, if someone goes to the
original longform domain of your forum, they'll be redirected to
the new one.
If you have any questions, please post them in this topic.
#Post#: 2247--------------------------------------------------
Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: elevationrp
Date: August 14, 2011, 5:53 am
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Nice guide. Most people could probably set up there .tk domain
with just the link. But this could be really helpful to people
who are new to computers etc.
Very nice.
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Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: Jaron
Date: August 20, 2011, 5:44 pm
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Checked out your forum. You're using the .tk domain but you're
using cloaking which doesn't work well with the hosted forums
(which you're not hosted through CAF so I don't know if it's a
problem for you) this guide shows how to get the free domain
using name servers which actually park the domain to the forum
instead of using cloaking/masking to just cover up the long url.
#Post#: 6178--------------------------------------------------
Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: robetson123
Date: September 13, 2012, 3:26 am
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hello seldom yes i didnt follow your guide right the first time
im going to try to change this again and thanks for this guide
to help me ill let you know how it goes this time
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Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: Silver734
Date: August 8, 2013, 4:42 pm
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ive heard that when your site gets popular it takes it away and
puts ads there. if that happens, can createaforum still recover
my forum (not the domain name)?
#Post#: 11099--------------------------------------------------
Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: Silver734
Date: August 9, 2013, 12:19 pm
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does anyone know this?
#Post#: 11117--------------------------------------------------
Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: xboi209
Date: August 9, 2013, 5:57 pm
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I believe you can still access your forum through the original
.createaforum url provided, by using that url, you can reset
your forum's domain.
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Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: Silver734
Date: August 10, 2013, 12:23 pm
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okay thanks!
i guess ill use .tk for now as long as i can reaccess my forum
anyways.
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Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: Jacob505
Date: August 15, 2013, 7:28 pm
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I use Webroot security (very good and expensive security), it's
warning me that dot.tk has malicious content on it. I wanted to
give a free .tk domain to a friend but I'm not so sure anymore.
It's not a false positive because I've opened and re opened it
and it's still warning me. Is this happening to anybody else?
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Re: [[GUIDE]] Free .tk Domain w/ Nameservers (with pictures)
DIR By: xboi209
Date: August 15, 2013, 7:38 pm
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--- Quote from: DarkHydra505 link ---
>
> I use Webroot security (very good and expensive security),
it's warning me that dot.tk has malicious content on it. I
wanted to give a free .tk domain to a friend but I'm not so sure
anymore. It's not a false positive because I've opened and re
opened it and it's still warning me. Is this happening to
anybody else?
>
--- End Quote ---
.tk domains are often used for malicious purposes since it's
free unlike more professional domains such as .com so this is
probably the reason why it's flagged as malicious.
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