The masking feature you are talking about is almost certainly a 100% frame which loads your real website URL. As such, you domain name will remain in the address bar, but it will stay unchanged for all the pages of your site, creating problems for bookmarking amongst other issues, including the one you describe.

There is no easy shortcut, I'm afraid - you simply need to have a proper hosting account for the domain name you want to use, rather than using a masking feature on free hosting. It need not cost a huge amount of money, basic hosting is well below $10 a month these days. :)

There is no easy shortcut, I'm afraid - you simply need to have a proper hosting account for the domain name you want to use, rather than using a masking feature on free hosting. It need not cost a huge amount of money, basic hosting is well below $10 a month these days. :)

Could you elaborate a little more on the item above please as I am some what unclear. As it stands now, I have paid for my domain name through FX Domains and have leased server space elsewhere that includes everything I need (I think) such as Cpanel, dedicated IP etc, etc. Forgive me but, my expertise is that of building and maintaining the computer itself. Creating a forum from scratch and learning all the "how to's", is very new to me.

I've learned alot in the past few months but sometimes just knowing how to "ask" the question is the most difficult part.

Thanks