Irregular (non Latin-based) domain names

[12803]

Hi.
It is now possible to register domain names in languages other than English (Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese etc.).
Since DA checks the domain name (which is obviously a good feature), entering a non-Latin domain results in "The domain entered is invalid. It must be of the form 'sourcedomain.com'".
I suppose it is possible to manually do this but I haven't been able to find out exactly how. (Maybe add a dummy domain (dummy.com) and then change the name in relevant files?).

I need to be able to use these newly available domain names as full domains eventually, but for now what I really need is a domain pointer / alias.

If someone knows how this could be accomplished, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
me.

 

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

Are you referring to IDN (international domain names) that use "punycode" encoding? We don't yet support it, but is on our todo list.

If not, can you give a sample domain name that includes the special characters?

John

 

[12803]

Internationalized domain names (IDNs)

Hello,

Are you referring to IDN (international domain names) that use "punycode" encoding? We don't yet support it, but is on our todo list.

If not, can you give a sample domain name that includes the special characters?

John

Yes! Thank you. That is exactly right. I'm sorry for not explaining myself better; IDNs are new to me...

So, there is absolutely no way to use these? Even as pointers?
I need to use a Hebrew domain such as http://www.איקאה.com/ (This one spells IKEA in Hebrew, just an example)

Thanks for the quick and relevant response. I am always impressed...
me.

 

[nobaloney]

In my US-english version of Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6, when I enter

http://www.איקאה.com/

it converts to:

http://www.xn--4dbams4e.com/

right in the browser URL bar. In the meantime, before DirectAdmin has it fully implemented, can't you just enter the names already converted?

Jeff

 

[12803]

IDN problem solved

In my US-english version of Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6, when I enter

http://www.איקאה.com/

it converts to:

http://www.xn--4dbams4e.com/

right in the browser URL bar. In the meantime, before DirectAdmin has it fully implemented, can't you just enter the names already converted?

Jeff

You sir, are a genius. Your simple solution worked great!
Tested on http://www.יעוץארגונומי.com/ with a few browsers as a pointer to the Eng domain 'cause that's what the client wanted.
(this says ergonomic consultation in Heb)

This is very important as IDN popularity is growing fast.

Thanks a bunch,
me

P.S.
It is weird though that Firefox displays the converted domain name, kind of missing the point of this feature.

 

[nobaloney]

What can I say... I didn't write firefox. Does the hebrew language install also do the conversion? I'd expect my english language version to do it, but I'd expect the hebrew language install to leave it alone.

And by the way, for anyone else looking at this thread, the hebrew part is read (and written) from right to left. Scroll to select the entire domain name (as it shows up underlined) from either direction and you'll see the firefox adjust between left-to-right and right-to-left. I don't know if other browsers do this, and I don't know what happens on either Windows or Mac; my desktop runs kubuntu (but with only english language installed by default).

Jeff

 

[mannix]

this feature is still needed. When will you make it? There are many new non-latin TLDs.

 

[12803]

jlasman's solution didn't work for you?

this feature is still needed. When will you make it? There are many new non-latin TLDs.

jlasman's solution didn't work for you?
Type your domain into the address bar (Firefox) and it will be converted.
http://www.איקאה.com/
converts to:
http://www.xn--4dbams4e.com/
Then you can enter this converted domain in DA.
Clients will be able to access your website through the original (not converted) domain name also.

 

[huglester]

Isn't this yet implemented? I just get: Invalid Domain Name: а****************а.р********
I know I can write punnycode etc... but it will look awfull in interface also

 

[zEitEr]

It's not implemented as of yet. A custom JS code inserted into the default skin, or a 3rd party skin with support of encoding/decoding will help you.