Re: [cobalt-users] Setting up SubDomains on RaQ3

["Jason Darpa" <jdarpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can Subdomains Link to different Web roots?  as in different pages?  how do
you do that?

Thanks

Jason

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Rowlands" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:07 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Setting up SubDomains on RaQ3


> It depends on how you are actually creating the name in the zone files.
If you are
> using a machine name created as an A record in the zone file of the main
domain, then
> that's fine.  However, if you are creating a third-level domain - ie with
it's own
> zone file - you would put "www" in as the host name, and then
> "subdomain.maindomain.com" in the domain name field.  Then make sure that
you've got
> "web access by domain" clicked.
>
> This would mean that both http://subdomain.maindomain.com and
> http://www.subdomain.maindomain.com would be valid names that would
resolve to the
> same IP address, so long as you've got the zone file setup correctly.  If
you are
> just using the machine name approach, then
http://www.subdomain.maindomain.com would
> not work, as the "www" is nothing more than a machine name created in the
zone file
> of the main domain anyway.
>
> Dave Rowlands
>
> Verio UK
>
>
>
> > This is very simple to do. When on the "Add New Virtual
> >Site" screen, simply put the 'subdomain' name in the 'Hostname'
> >field and the domamain name in, you guessed it, the domain name
> >field. The result will be a url of:
>
> http://subdomain.domain.com/
>
>
>
>
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