RE: [cobalt-users] Testing Name based...

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:25 AM 1/26/00  Debbie Doerrlamm wrote:

> >I've done that before, but first: Make a site you're not going to change to
> >be the *first* site on that IP. That way it will always show up for that IP,
> >and you can create virtual links to the user directories from that site.
> >I think Jeff had posted the instructions for that in another thread.
>
> ooh oooh.. Jeff.. would you be so kind as to get me (private) those
> instructions??

Simple enough to do on the list:

Select the IP you're going to use for your for virtual sites, and create a 
first site for it.

Hostname should be "clients" (no quotes, of course) instead of "www".

Domain name should be "yourmaindomain.com".

Then, in that site, which gets no users, no email, only minimum space, but 
a simple html page which advertises your company, let's people know that if 
they've reached this page then they've got an old browser that doesn't 
handle name-based hosting, and then includes a clickable list of all the 
name-based sites on your system, addressed by directory path.  That way if 
someone types in "namebasedsite3.com" and reaches this page, they need only 
click on "namebasedsite3" and get there <smile>.

And once your dns for "clients.yourmaindomain.com" has propogated, you and 
your clients can use it to test their sites, too.

(I make a living doing the specifics, you know <smile>.)

Jeff

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