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@carolinacharlie Durham, NC

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Deeply uneducated question alert: Can anyone explain why a modern website would require typing the "www." when typing the web address?

2:48PM Wed, December 08 2010

It's a DNS & web server alias thing. nccourts.org & www.nccourts.org can map to separate IP addr's.

2:53PM Wed, December 08 2010

Could have www.nc...or wake.nc...,orange.nc...,lee.nc.., etc, point to diff things, & just nccourts.org be a landing page.

2:59PM Wed, December 08 2010

you have to have both www and non-www listed in the DNS registry. I think it's as simple as that ....

4:09PM Wed, December 08 2010

@carolinacharlie Durham, NC

We'll see if I get any response from the "webmaster."

4:10PM Wed, December 08 2010

looks like @craigsheppard beat me to the answer anyway!

4:12PM Wed, December 08 2010

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