So I set my desktop up to host a website because fuck free hosts :< and I can't use port 80, so I have it on 8080 instead. To be able to get to it though I have to type the adress and add port 8080 at the end otherwise it goes to port 80 automatically. This is kind of annoying, is there a way to fix it?

I'm using ubuntu to host it. It's in the DMZ because that's easier than forwarded ports :>


tl;dr Website I'm hosting has to be lololurl.com:8080 since I can't host on port 80 which is the normal thing, I guess. I want it to just be lololurl.com while still using a different port. Using http://freedns.afraid.org/menu/ for the dns

The only way I can see this working is getting the DNS to somehow route to that particular port automatically...

I got it! I have epicmilk.com redirect to home.epicmilk.com:8080. It still looks ugly in the browser, but atleast now I don't have to type it manually.

You can have it simply reply with home.epicmilk.com:8080 without using a HTTP redirect, that way the address will stay "epicmilk.com" but it will be home.epicmilk.com:8080.

Ahhhh cool! So that's what the cloak checkbox does. Now it looks normal. Thanks Gormen!

edit: nvm, that makes everything be epicmilk.com so couldn't link to anything.

How do I do what you were saying, Gormen?

Ah I have no idea what cloak checkbox is.
But that sounds like what i was saying... Yeah it messes up linking...