How do I point 2 domains to one website.

How to set this up.

[smokey99]

Hi Kind of embarrassing question, but never dealt with this before.

I have 2 domain names
widget.com - main site
widget.ca - unused

When someone types in widget.ca, I want them to be sent to widget.com instead.
Not by a redirect.

Dumb A$$ Question but what is this called, and how do you do it?

Thanks
Smokey

[specter]

Park widget.ca on widget.com.
Ask to your host provider.

[smokey99]

Thanks Specter

[mack]

Some domain hosts offer a feature that allows you to forward yout domain(s) to another site. Usualy they allow you to vonfigure this from within your hosting control panel.

Another way to do it is to use a redirect from one domain to another domain.

One popular way of doing this is to set up a 301 redirect. You set this ip by entering the syntax in your .htacess file stored in the doc root of your web server.

redirect 301 * [example.com...]

[smokey99]

Thanks Mack,
But I am moving both these sites to a new host and after reading I realize it all in the DNS settings
Right?
If I set the DNS settings for widgets.ca to the same as widgets.com
And then change it on the DNS server

Does this sound right?

Thanks
Smokey

[SEOViking]

As Chris Farley would say "That is CO-rect!". Do it with DNS.

[mikelly]

I run LAMP Cpanel hosting and I would say if you have CPanel access just park one of the domains on top of the other. That will pass the info to WHM and set up your DNS settings for you.