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[WebAssistUK]

Hi,

How do I configure my RaQ sites so that when a site administrator logs into their FTP space it defaults to the main web folder within their site??

Also how can I view a newly created site on the Raw via the internet before the domain has been propogated/Registered???

[eddy2099]

FTP Login to Main Web Directory
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Edit proftpd.conf under /etc

Within the <VirtualHost> .. </VirtualHost> , add the following to the last line :-

DefaultChdir ../../web site-adm

If you have various IP addresses there, add to each of them.

After that just restart your proftpd and that should do the trick.

Viewing Created Site prior to Propagation
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Edit httpd.conf which is under /etc/httpd/conf

Add this line within the <VirtualHost> .. </VirtualHost> , this should be at the bottom of the conf file.

AliasMatch ^/preview/([^/]+)(/(.*))? /home/sites/$1/web/$3

After you do that, just restart your httpd server.

So if someone wants to preview a site, say your main server is http://www.server.com and the client is http://www.client.com . You could get to the client via :-

http://www.server.com/preview/www.client.com

Hope that helps.

Edwin

[CmptrWz]

I find that sticking the DefaultChDir command works better if you drop it in the <global> tags.

[eddy2099]

Originally posted by CmptrWz
I find that sticking the DefaultChDir command works better if you drop it in the <global> tags.

True, I did that but it just seems to ignore it on my RaQ. Not sure why. But in any case, I have only 6 IP addresses so it is no big deal. Copy and Paste is just a great thing.