College of the North Atlantic changes website address
11/13/2003 8:41:53 AM
November 13, 2003 – College of the North Atlantic has begun a new academic year by taking on a new, much shorter domain name for its website and email addresses.
The previous homepage address was http://www.northatlantic.nf.ca/ , but now the site can also be accessed at http://www.cna.nl.ca/ .
The origins of this change reflect the recent provincial government’s change of the new two letter provincial designation, says Kevin Baker, chair of the college’s Web Steering Committee.
“The reworking of our domain name was instigated by the government’s change of NF to NL,” says Baker. “We had to at least change our email and html addresses to reflect that.”
He says that while this issue arose, so did that of the length of domain name.
“College employees and the Board of Governors agreed that the name was too long. We conducted a survey and the majority choice was www.cna.nl.ca .”
The old address will automatically reroute to the new one for a period of 18 months, allowing time for the new address to become established.
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For more information contact:
Stephen Lee
Communications Manager
(709) 643-7929
or
Tanya Alexander
Public Information Officer
(709) 643-7928