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First time posting the Computers & Tech threads! I've got a few questions for anyone who knows how domains / web hosting works in much more detail than myself.
So without going into a lot of detail, I was given a domain and asked to point it at a new website on a new platform for my brother's business. Apparently because I have my own websites he thought I was a tech guru and could do this for him. Although I knew enough about how pointing domains in GoDaddy (the host) worked to know how to do this so I had no issue helping him out.
So long story short, I got the domains pointed at his new website, and all is good. However, he then realized he wanted to retrieve info from his old site, which of course google can't access because the links are all broken now. And the Wayback machine can only go so far.
So, does anyone know if it's possible to point a dummy domain back at his old site as a way to bring it back temporarily? The site data still exists on Joomla (I think). But I have no understanding of that system.
Apologies if I'm being too vague in describing the situation.
So without going into a lot of detail, I was given a domain and asked to point it at a new website on a new platform for my brother's business. Apparently because I have my own websites he thought I was a tech guru and could do this for him. Although I knew enough about how pointing domains in GoDaddy (the host) worked to know how to do this so I had no issue helping him out.
So long story short, I got the domains pointed at his new website, and all is good. However, he then realized he wanted to retrieve info from his old site, which of course google can't access because the links are all broken now. And the Wayback machine can only go so far.
So, does anyone know if it's possible to point a dummy domain back at his old site as a way to bring it back temporarily? The site data still exists on Joomla (I think). But I have no understanding of that system.
Apologies if I'm being too vague in describing the situation.