how do i to forward domain.com to www.domain.com at godaddy for s3 hosted site?

I think user Go Daddy's answer was correct, but I'll write up more succinct instructions that I followed to get the forwarding to work for me. I don't know why others are suggesting wwwizer, because GoDaddy uses a 301-redirect too (but maybe it didn't used to?). By the way, this answer isn't specific to Amazon's S3 -- it simply requires you have the "www" CNAME record set correctly.

1. Login to GoDaddy.com.
2. Click on My Account.
3. Click on the Domains product, and click the Launch button next to your domain.
4. In the Domain Information section you should see "Forwarding: Off". Click the Manage link next to it.
5. A Forwarding and Masking dialog box should come up. Under Forward DOMAIN.COM to enter "www.domain.com".
6. Click the OK button.

The forwarding kicked in for me within maybe half an hour.

To note, in the dialog box you can change it to forward either "http://" or "https://". I only needed it for "http://", so I'm not sure if GoDaddy will forward both SLL and non-SSL at the same time.

Also, if you're curious, if you click on the Advanced Options link in the Forwarding and Masking dialog box, it should be defaulted to "Forward Only" and have the redirect type set to permanently forward your domain (which is what gives the 301-redirect).

You can use wwwizer's free naked domain redirect service:

http://wwwizer.com/naked-domain-redirect

Just put 174.129.25.170 as the A record for the non-www version of your domain.

fragholrok,

I'm glad you were able to find a way to get your site working. Admittedly, it's a little hard to understand exactly what's going on with your domain name without more specific info, but I wanted to jump in and mention one thing.

You weren't sure if you could forward your domain to the www subdomain. It depends how you have it setup - sometimes it will work and sometimes it won't. According to your original post, the www subdomain is setup with its own CNAME (as opposed to mirroring the main A Record). Because of this, you COULD forward your domain to the www subdomain - ie, forward domain.com to www.domain.com - using GoDaddy.com's domain forwarding functionality.

If, however, the CNAME for a subdomain is set to '@', which means it directs to the main A Record, forwarding the domain to the subdomain would not work.

I just wanted to clarify for anyone else who might come across this thread.

Good luck with your site,

Alon GoDaddy.com Social Media