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Answer 1

+3 A:

If you have full control over the server, a VirtualHost in httpd.conf is probably a better solution. For example:

<VirtualHost newdomain.com:80>
    ServerName newdomain.com
    ServerAlias www.newdomain.com

    DocumentRoot /path/to/webroot/newsite.com

</VirtualHost>

If you don't have the ability to do this directly, any good host will provide a "Park Domain" function which allows you to achieve the same effect - specifying your new domain and identifying which directory you want it to point to - via the web control panel.

However, if you don't have the ability to do that, here's a mod_rewrite for .htaccess that should work:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} (www\.)?newdomain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /newdomain.com/$1 [L]

Peter Boughton 2009-05-03 15:39:09

thanks, but it didn't do anything :(i'm wondering if i'm even using it properly?all i have is a file name ".htaccess" in my site's root directory, and inside the file i pasted your rewrite code. am i missing something? should i be placing "mod_rewrite" somewhere?and no, i don't have control over the server :)cheers!

2009-05-03 15:57:03

Make sure it is in the webroot not the home directory (i.e. it should be in the ~/www or ~/public_html directory).I'm fairly certain mod_rewrite is standard with Apache, so you shouldn't need to do anything there.

Peter Boughton 2009-05-03 16:00:35

Also worth checking - does your host provide any form of control panel (i.e. cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, etc) where you can setup "parked domains" (or similarly named).If so, that functionality will do what you want, probably through a nice user-friendly interface.

Peter Boughton 2009-05-03 16:02:54

i've placed the file as far back as possible...but this host doesn't seem to present me with a /www or /public_html directory. instead i just have my /originalsite directory.also, they're using something called WebControlCenter :\ and it's "extra domain" features are pretty limited. all i've been able to do so far... is point the DNS. their knowledgebase feature was giving me coldfusion code for redirecting the user from "originalsite.com/index.cfm" to "originalsite.com/newsite.com/", which has felt like a bit of a bodge job, so to speak...

2009-05-03 16:13:36

the knowledgebase also gave me some htaccess code previously, but that wasn't working either :(

2009-05-03 16:13:56

Hmmm. WebControlCenter is CrystalTech, who only appear to do Windows/IIS based ColdFusion hosting. Until the very latest version, IIS didn't do url rewriting (without 3rd party plugins), and I'm not sure if it will (fully) support the ModRewrite syntax.

Peter Boughton 2009-05-03 16:22:35

Might be worth posting this question on cf-talk - where you're more likely to find other CrystalTech users who have encountered/solved this problem already - and if you get a solution come back here and post details. :)

Peter Boughton 2009-05-03 16:27:53

This answer ought to work if they're using Apache. Without it... well, good luck. Deserves an up-vote anyway =p

easel 2009-05-03 17:00:10

Answer 2

A:

You could do the redirect with a "cloaked" frame page. That way the URL in the browser's address bar stays the same (no extra path), and it remains simple to use the subdirectory.

The following link describes this for classic ASP - but it should be simple to convert to any server side scripting language/platform: http://www.simpledns.com/kb.aspx?kbid=1151

Jesper 2009-05-03 16:54:16

Answer 3

+1 A:

CrystalTech have just recentely installed a mod that provides htaccess ...

Though they've only done it one server so far :) so I'm being moved onto that server.

Problem solved I guess - heh!

PS thanks for the help anyway guys :)

2009-05-03 18:21:38

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