10 URL Access

10.1 Standard URL

Every event website has a standard URL associated with it. The format of the standard URL is:

http://strongvon.com/[event URL field]

The directory that appears after the “strongvon.com” is the value for the “URL” field in the “Update Tournament” window. Ensure that this value has no spaces or other illegal characters. If you leave the “URL” field blank, you will not have access to the event website.

10.2 HTTP Redirect

You can program an external domain to perform an HTTP redirect to the standard URL for the event website. For example, you can program the domain to “www.mytournaments.com” to point to “http://strongvon.com/bjjchamps/”.

You have two options when doing an http redirect:

• Unmasked Redirect: With an unmasked redirect, you are doing a simple redirect with no overriding of the display of the actual URL being accessed. This is the recommended type of redirect.
• Masked Redirect: With a masked redirect, you are covering the actual URL being accessed with the external domain name. This is not recommended because the actual URL uses the “https:” protocol on the Registration Form and Online Store. If the URL is masked with the “http:” in the address bar, the page will not appear secure to your viewers.

10.3 A-Record Programming of Domain

You can program an A-record to point to the STRONGVON server. This will allow the external URL to be in actual URL of the event website. For example, you can have “http://www.mytournaments.com/myevent” instead of the standard URL. You must purchase the Custom Domain option before STRONGVON will redirect calls to your external domain to the appropriate event directory.

The Registration Form and Online Store require a certificate to be installed for the domain in the address field. Thus, you will also need to purchase an SSL certificate for the external domain, and then have STRONGVON program the certificate for your event. The Custom Domain option will include programming of an SSL certificate.