Need help with alias

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jarodpho

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So I have a website that uses a dash between the name for example: xxd-dxx.com, so what I basically want to do is, just in case people get confused on the spelling of the domain, they don't need to put the dash for example: xxddxx.com instead of xxd-dxx.com. I've seen websites that have done this before and I'm not sure if it's done by using an alias, but please tell me what I should do? Thank you :)
 

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You need to have both domains (or all domains, if there's more than two ways to do it) registered to you, then add the secondary domain to your account as a parked domain. It's up to you whether you want to automatically redirect (using your .htaccess file or via your site's software) or let the user continue using the "wrong" domain.

Note that it's very difficult to do that with a Free Hosting account, since you'd need to burn your one and only parked domain to use a .com (or similar) domain. You ought to be able to point an add-on domain to the right location though, and if that doesn't work out easily or well enough, you can do an immediate redirect to your preferred domain.
 
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