Date: 07/15/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: web

I took over the administration of a website for a local Quaker group a couple of months ago. The site has now been successfully redesigned (and actually works!), but the committee wants to register some extra domain names and have them pointing to our current server. The site has a hideously long URL (I have no idea who picked it or why - but they must have been insane) and it would be easier if there were some shorter ones that are easier to remember for promotional purposes.

It's a .org.uk domain and they'd be looking at registering more .org.uk domains. Can anyone give me a reliable price for them? I've put in a query to the hosts and would like to see just how much they hike the price up.

Could someone also give me a quick run-down of what I'm likely to need to do? I have a vague idea that the we'll need to get the DNS to point the new domains to the IP address of the servers, but I'd like to feel a little more comfortable and knowledgeable when I talk to the comittee. I'd also like to check against what the hosts tell me - they aren't a company that I'm familiar with, although so far the admin of the site has been fairly straightforward and reliable.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

x-posted to webdev and webdesign.

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