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should wildcards belong to CNAME or A NAME?

should wildcards belong to CNAME or A NAME? Both looks the same to me, and googling gives me a inconclusive result. Any rational and implications behind for choosing one over the other? (underlying DNS server software? web hosting software? speed?) ...

Adding admin subdomain in asp.net

I have a website that i am hosting from home. I want to add a subdomain to my website, for example: admin.mywebsite.com Would it be best to create a new project and point DNS to that project, or should i rather create the admin application in a folder under the current project? ...

Asp.net subdomain Problem - Subdomain not recognized

Am not sure what is causing this problem but here is what i gave : The URL in the address bar is : http://test2.localhost:33967/ And it is loading the right landing page but every link in that page maps to http://localhost:33967/ ignoring the subdomain. Any Ideas ? Thanks, ...

Pros and Cons of a separate image server (e.g. images.mydomain.com)?

We have several images and PDF documents that are available via our website. These images and documents are stored in source control and are copied content on deployment. We are considering creating a separate image server to put our stock images and PDF docs on - thus significantly decreasing the bulk of our deployment package. Does an...

How to create a subdomain on the fly with ASP.Net for a Windows 2008 Server

How can I let web users create a subdomain on the fly for Windows Server 2008 for my website? My application is in MVC 1.0 and ASP.Net 3.5 with C#. ...

Multiple subdomains with SSL under IIS

I currently need to have 2 subdomains under the same domain under SSL. Both subdomains (www and affiliate) are on the same IIS server, under the same IP, and each one has specified a host header value (www.mydomain.com and affiliate.mydomain.com) The first subdomain (www), which is the default, works great, with and without SSL. The sec...

when should i use or avoid subdomains?

Recently a user told me to avoid subdomains when i can. I remember reading google consider subdomains as a unique site (is this true?). What else happens when i use a subdomain and when should i use or should not use a subdomain? I heard cookies are not shared between subdomains? i know 2 images can be DL simultaneously from a site. Wou...

How exactly is the same-domain policy enforced?

Lets say I have a domain js.mydomain.com and it points to some ip address, and some other domain requests.mydomain.com which points to a different ip address. Can a .js file downloaded from js.mydomain.com make ajax requests to requests.mydomain.com? How exactly do modern browsers enforce the same-domain policy? Thanks! ...

Sub-folders or sub-domains?

I'm setting up a site for a client which has a few different sections of the site, dedicated to certain major functions, running off different apps. For example, a blog (running off WordPress), a forum (phpBB), a store, etc. Because of all the different applications, my initial thought was to separate out the major pieces into separate...

Apache rewrite domain requests to subdomain requests

Hi-- Caveat: I am not an Apache expert or webmaster by training or trade (C++ developer), so I expect this is a fairly obvious, newbie-level question. Apologies in advance. I need an Apache 2.x rewrite rule that will map a requested domain into our domain as a subdomain. Simplified Example(s): domain1.com/index.php?option=80 -> do...

Internal subdomain to folder redirect

I want to create folders on the fly, but make it seem like I am creating subdomains on the fly using mod_rewrite. e.g. Create "john" folder using PHP www.example.com/john/ Then be able to access whatever I put in there at: john.example.com Thank you in advance, Kris ...

Why is my WWW-Subdomain not indexed?

I am currently working on a project: BLZ-Aktuell When I am searching for site:www.blz-aktuell.de there are no results. If I do a search for site:blz-aktuell.de the search works correct. Do anyone know what this is about? Hint: I am using CakePHP, that needed to be added a htaccess file in the root directory. This is the source: <IfMo...

Sub domain issue

basic overview... i have a site setup in iis... - "mysite" (wwwroot\mysite) under that there are 2 virtual directory applications - "uploads" (\uploadfiles) - "app" (wwwroot\myapp) I also have a subdomain that is set up as a different site in iis... - "beta.mysite" (wwwroot\mysitebeta) under that there are 2 virtual directory - "...

Using a Wildcard SSL Cert for subdomains in Plesk (IIS)

I'm using Plesk running on Windows Server 2003. I have the following domain name on an exclusive IP, for which I have purchased a Wildcard SSL certificate from RapidSSL: webvitality.eu This works fine in both http and https. Should display "Web Vitality Dev Server". Now I have the following subdomain: garyparkerhearing.webvitality.eu...

Remove subdomain from string in ruby

I'm looping over a series of urls and want to clean them up I currently have the following code # Parse url to remove http, path and check format o_url = URI.parse(node.attributes['href']) # Remove www new_url = o_url.host.gsub('www.', '').strip How can I extend this to remove the subdomains that may exist in some urls? ...

Asp.Net MVC on Subdomain, standard MVC app gives 404's

I am trying to deploy my MVC app on a subdomain, unfortunately I get 404 errors. I tried to find out if it's MVC itself that can't handle being hosted on a subdomain. I uploaded the standard bare MVC webapp that you get when you start a new project. The index page loads, but all the other pages that require actual routing based on the ...

How to set dynamic subdomain cross server or in DNS setting

I have www.did5.com point to google appengine server I want to have anyname.did5.com point to www.did5.com/anyname And the url in address bar still anyname.did5.com I can't find the way to do by using dns setting (host records) Can anyone do ? Please help.. ...

What's the easiest way to point a subdomain in Rails to a specific controller?

For example, http://foo.myapp.com/bar/23 would render FooController#bar. ...

Manual Sub-Domain Construction

I want to create subdomains manually on my website as in my current hosting plan I have no option of creating a subdomain. I think perhaps this is possible using .htacces??? Please give two examples in answers for agrimgupta DOT com/oranges --> blog DOT agrimgupta DOT com/ and agrimgupta DOT com/work/UniV --> study DOT agrimgupta DOT co...

How do I write Routing Chains for a Subdomain in Zend Framework in a routing INI file?

Hi, I am trying to create a subdomain using the Zend Router, and then for each section under a subdomain, such as subdomain.site.com/section/ I am creating another route and then trying to chain it to the subdomain route. but I don't know how. I have read all the documentation I could find and all the forums, but it leads me to figure i...