If you need a new research-related website and do not want it hosted on research.amnh.org, you may either use an alias on the amnh.org domain, or register a new domain for the site, and have that hosted on the Research webserver. An example of the former case would be newsite.amnh.org, and of the latter, www.newsite.org. Setting up a new hostname on amnh.org is easier and faster.

research.amnh.org is the live webserver for the Museum's Research-related sites. Any new Research department domain names or hostnames should be registered as aliases to research.amnh.org.

New domain names that are going to be hosted on Museum webservers should be registered with Network Systems as the administrative and technical contacts for the domain. Specifically, and at the very least, the technical contact email should be hostmaster@amnh.org. This makes it easier for them to be maintained.

We use ns-ext-1.amnh.org as the primary nameserver, and ns-ext-2.amnh.org as the secondary nameserver if you register a domain name (e.g. newsite.org). For example, in the information submitted to the registrar, these hostnames are used for the primary and secondary nameservers. Note that nothing needs to be registered with these organizations if there is just going to be a new host on the amnh.org domain, such as newsite.amnh.org.

Please contact us before you take any of the steps to arrange for a new domain or virtual host. The information above should let you know what to expect, but please contact us to let us help you put everything together.