RE: [cobalt-users] Mail with Subdomain.domain

["1st Web Internet Services" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Try it my way.  And send me a copy of the zone-file for civc.org.uk so I
> can see what changes, if any, need to be made.  (I'll be happy to consult
> with your ISP for money, but for you I'll look at it onlist for free
> <smile>.)  If you don't know how to get your zone file, ask your
> ISP for a
> copy.  If your ISP doesn't know how to get a zone file, choose
> someone else
> to handle your DNS <wry grin>.

OK...I've now set it up as

Hostname	www
domain	chat.cifc.org.uk

It will now access the correct site as http://www.chat.cifc.org.uk but not
http://chat.cifc.org.uk. I have access by domain name ticked.

I will ask my ISP for a copy of the zone file. Do I need to ask for a copy
of the zone file for cifc.org.uk or chat.cifc.org.uk?


> >(all this because it is not possible to have subwebs on a Cobalt RaQ3!)
>
> I'm not sure of your definiton of a subweb.  Explain what you
> mean if you wish.
>

A subweb in FrontPage is quite simply a directory that can be accessed by
FrontPage as a separate web. The user still sees it in their browser as say
www.cifc.org.uk/subweb but frontpage will treat www.cifc.org.uk and
www.cifc.org.uk/subweb as two different webs. This means that if you have
any special scripts running in the subweb you can leave it alone whilst
publishing to the main web - also you can FTP to the subweb, whilst
publishing quite hapily to the main web, or any other subweb for that
matter.

This is of course very similar to how the cobalt gui will set up a user with
a frontpage web except in that instance it will create the subweb as
www.cifc.org.uk/~subweb which is not as nice as the URL normally associated
with subwebs.

Ian