[Courses] [Domains] Welcome to the domain names course.

[Shaun ONeil]

On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 16:36 +1000, Mary wrote:
> Welcome to the Domain Names course.
> 
> This course will be a kind of a buyer's guide: what should you look for in a
> domain name, where should you buy it, what can you do with it?
> 
> A domain name is a unique Internet identifier like "linuxchix.org",
> "puzzling.org", "google.com", "planet.gnome.org", "hoyts.ninemsn.com.au" and
> so on.
> 
> This course is aimed at people interested or possibly interesting in buying
> and using a domain name who do not know much about the process. It should also
> be useful for people who aren't interested in having a domain name at the
> moment but are curious about the process.
> 
> Consider this message the beginning of an introduction thread, but of a
> focused kind: If you're interested in this course, what do you know about
> domain names?  Why are you interested? Anything you particularly want to know? 
> 
> I'd appreciate the answers because they'll help me target the lessons. However,
> I won't significantly widen the scope for time reasons. If it turns out that
> lots of you are interested in stuff outside the scope, perhaps I or someone
> else can run another related course at some point.
> 
> This course will have six posts, including this one:
> 
> 0. Welcome
> 1. Why own a domain name?
> 2. Choosing a domain name
> 3. Techie interlude: nameservers
> 4. Registering a domain name
> 5. Choosing a host

<snip>

> -Mary

I'd be interested in moving names also .. ie, keeping a domain name
while you move from one webhost to another.  I've heard horror stories
of people attempting this transition, and don't know how much longer I
plan to keep my current host.  (presuming it's only an issue if your
webhost are also your dns host)

I'm going to presume renewal is just a case of following the notices
they mail me ....

Shaun (newbie domainname owner)