Squarespace question

I really hate to sound like an idiot, but here goes. I've hosted HouseofPokerBlues with squarespace for a couple years now and never really have had no problems.

But the one big thing I've recently learned is there is no access to certain files, and I can't get their support to understand what I'm wanting...or they just refuse to make the needed changes.

Under the link xxhttp://houseofpoker.squarespace.com/ I have a pr3, but using xxhttp://www.houseofpokerblues.com/ I have a big 0. How can I make the juice from the squarespace link go to the domain ? I've tried to do it by way of webmaster tools, but when trying to change the address of the squarespace link I get this "Setting is restricted to root level domains only".

Any advice, or even a site that I could read on what to do ?

(yeah I know I should have been learned all this....but call me a slow learner when it comes to all this...)

do you have access to the .htaccess file? and btw, this is sometimes skipped over, WHERE is the .htaccess file ?


Do some research also on 301 redirects...

Might be also good to look at 302 and 303 also....good stuff for affilaites to know.

I guess my first question would by why is that url there to begin with? If you are paying for hosting what is their domain name doing in your url's? Short of changing hosting (that is what I would most likely do) maybe a 301 redirect from the pr3 page to the one it "should" be?

I am sure someone else can offer a better suggestion.

I for one would not be very pleased with the host. Is this a free host? It kind of looks like using that structure, like a free Wordpress site would have that extra touch in there.

I do not have access to the .htaccess file .

Yeah, I'm not happy about having two dang links that go to my site at all. And their support over this question has really not been any help on this matter.

Will move when I'm financially able to , but the the meantime I'm stuck with them. (unless I just move it all over and use blogspot as a host....)

Well if you want to move it, I'll be happy to host the site free on my server. Just PM me if you are interested.

That's very nice of you Bruce, thanks for the offer.

Another question pertaining to this problem I have here. Anyone heard of or use a "canonical" ? Their support tells me to use that and gave me a link to visit at xxhttp://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html .

I've done what it says and guess I'll wait and see .?.

Btw Chips, it is a hosted site I'm paying for. Maybe I'll take you up on your offer after the first of the year.