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texasmike
10-04-2001, 01:35 PM
Be kind -- my first post here.

I have several sites already set up. I would now like these to appear consolidated under a new domain using subdomains and forwarding (or using CNAMEs).

example: I have mydomain.com

I want abc.mydomain.com to be forwarded to www.xyz.com/abc.html and

def.mydomain.com to be forwarded to www.xyz.com/def.html

Can this be done? If so, what specifically will I be looking for from a host?
Angel78
10-04-2001, 01:38 PM
Can't be this done with simple OnLoad GOTO Url script
Lukie
10-04-2001, 02:22 PM
Below is some code you might fine useful

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0; URL=http://www.yoursite.net">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Your Site</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="http://www.yoursite.net">yoursite.net</a>
</body>
</html>

It will send them to a new site once opening the page, not sure if its what you wanted but its useful to have any how.
texasmike
10-04-2001, 02:30 PM
Thanks. I now see the different options I have: using HTML, or somebody sent me that Domaindirect.com offers the exact domain and subdomain forwarding I wanted.

Thanks again,
Mike
Synergy
10-04-2001, 02:31 PM
you should ask your host to point the domains for you. Every host out their have the ability to do so. Its a simply task for them.

If you get a host to do it then all you need to do is to point the
DNS to the host's dns servers...
Trip
10-04-2001, 02:48 PM
If you don't want to buy another host/don't have a paid one, you can simply use a DNS service.

Something like www.PowerDNS.com will give you services like forwarding/cloak forwarding (where the subdomain stays in the address bar of the browser, nice! ;) ) and also email forwarding as well.

You can search for some other services like this. Another excellent one is www.MyDomain.com .

Good Luck with whatever you choose to do. :wavey:

Trip
dev
10-04-2001, 07:02 PM
You could also use the redirect command in .htaccess file.
mithilesh
10-04-2001, 07:41 PM
As I know it can be done also by hosting control panel.
dev
10-04-2001, 07:48 PM
Originally posted by mithilesh
As I know it can be done also by hosting control panel.

That, I believe, also just makes an appropriate entry in the .htaccess file. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.