Re: [cobalt-developers] Geocities / Homestead type of website

[Jody Sanders <jody@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Far better way:

1.  One virtual site which hosts ALL the domains
2.  Turn the rewrite engine off in httpd.conf
3.  Create a mysql database with domain_name and folder as the columns
4.  Create index.cgi script which reads the domain, looks it up in the mysql
database, and displays required page from folder.
5.  I can build this for you if you like

On 15/2/02 12:45 pm, "W. Too" <w_too@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear Sirs,
> I represent webdesign & hosting company. We are currently building a
> Geocities / Homestead type of website for one of our clients. The intention
> is to give users a free website consisting of (approx) 10 static html pages.
> May I ask a few questions, please?
> 
> 1. Cobalt recommends 200 websites per server. Having in mind that our
> websites will be fairly small, how many could we comfortably host on a
> Cobalt RaQ 4i, 256RAM, 20GB HD?
> 
> 2. while signing up, a user provides some data; could things like a username
> and password be used to *automatically* create a virtual website on a Cobalt
> RaQ 4 or XTR? So immediately after signing up, the user would be able to use
> his website. We would not have to go to the Server Manager and add the
> virtual site manually.
> 
> 3. Suppose we host 500 websites per server; what happens if you have more
> than 500 users. They would have to be hosted on another server. Can anyone
> provide any advice here?
> 
> Thanks in advance & Best regards,
> 
> William.
> 
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