{"id":7788,"date":"2016-11-22T16:44:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T08:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=7788"},"modified":"2021-12-24T18:04:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T10:04:05","slug":"hide-your-original-website-url-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/hide-your-original-website-url-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Hide Your Original Website URL Or Address From Being Displayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7789 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/How-to-hide-your-original-website-address2FURL-from-being-displayed.png?resize=540%2C283&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"How to hide your original website address\/URL from being displayed\" width=\"540\" height=\"283\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know you can redirect a domain to another URL without letting your website visitors know? YES! You can do it with <\/span><b>Domain Masking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Domain Masking? It works this way. \u00a0For example, when a user visits ABC.com, he or she will be redirected to XYZ.com without seeing the domain name XYZ.com<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why Need To Hide Your Original Website URL Or Address?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many reasons for us to redirect a website url to another website url without displaying the destination website address. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the reasons is you do not want to let your visitors know about your final domain name. This happen when you wish to name your website differently, avoid high traffic to your website, or sell an affiliate product.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How Domain Masking Works?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the steps to mask your Domain Name\/URL:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to your cPanel and look under \u201cFile Manager\u201d.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7790 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b1.png?resize=540%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DM-1\" width=\"540\" height=\"326\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locate \u201cpublic_html\u201d.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7791 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b2.png?resize=540%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DM-2\" width=\"540\" height=\"252\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for the file named \u201cindex.html\/index.php\u201d. Otherwise, create a new one by Clicking on +File on the upper left.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right click the index.html\/index.php file and select edit.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7792 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b3.png?resize=540%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DM-3\" width=\"540\" height=\"249\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may select and use the \u201cUse Code Editor\u201d to have a better view on code.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7793 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b4-e1479803012657-540x89.png?resize=540%2C89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DM-4\" width=\"540\" height=\"89\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edit the Code below and paste to index.php\/index\/html<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;html&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;head&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;title&gt;Page Title&lt;\/title&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;meta name=&#8221;description&#8221; content=&#8221;Description&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;meta name=&#8221;keywords&#8221; content=&#8221;Keyword1, Keyword2&#8243;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;\/head&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;frameset rows=&#8221;100%,0&#8243; border=&#8221;0&#8243;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;frame src=&#8221;<\/span><\/i><b><i>http:\/\/yourotherdomain.com<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;frame frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;\/frameset&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;\/html&gt;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember to \u201cSave Change\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Done! Test your <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.domain.com\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.domain.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope this blog post is useful for you. \u00a0Do you have any questions regarding the steps above? If yes, please contact our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support team at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:support@exabytes.sg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support@exabytes.sg<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, read this article about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/how-can-a-domain-name-help-your-business\/\">domain name<\/a> now. See you in the next post. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheers! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know you can redirect a domain to another URL without letting your website visitors know? YES! You can do it with Domain Masking. 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