Desired Behaviour
I have a GoDaddy domain name and am using OpenShift for hosting.
I would like the following to be true:
a) user enters www.mysitename.com
> user sees mysitename.com
b) user enters www.mysitename.com/about.html
> user sees mysitename.com/about.html
c) user enters mysitename.com
or mysitename.com/about.html
and they also see that url.
d) to summarise, the www
prefix is never displayed anywhere on the site.
Constraints
OpenShift hosting does not have a static IP, so it is not possible to adjust the A record
at GoDaddy.
The format for the OpenShift app is http://appname-username.rhcloud.com
.
You can set up a cname at GoDaddy with the following:
www > appname-username.rhcloud.com
This means the site is accessible at www.mydomain.com
but not at mydomain.com
.
Suggested Solutions
There are several posts on the topic that suggest the following but for several reasons are not adequate solutions:
Question
Can anyone think of another solution that satisfies the desired behaviour stated above?
Or do I need to change to a registrar that allows "naked cname records"?
Related Posts
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18431034/godaddy-domain-pointing-to-openshift-hosting
Naked domain with Openshift
How do I add an alias for a naked domain with OpenShift?
Edit
This blog posts sums up the scenario:
http://blog.cloudflare.com/zone-apex-naked-domain-root-domain-cname-supp
Could I sign up for CloudFlare to resolve the issue?
I haven't used it before and don't know how it works.