Re: [cobalt-users] A few questions

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Kurth <rkurth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I need to know how to allow my customers that are named based (not me) to view
there web pages
> before the registration of there domain name filters down.
>
>
> For any of you that have been doing this for awhile what is the best
> way to set up the structure of you hosting sit.

Personally, I think the easiest way is to create a name-based site named
"domain.mainsite.tld" where "domain" is the domain name of the client's site
that you will be hosting.  Create the DNS, create a siteadmin and give the
client access.  Then wait a few days, change the site name to "www.domain.tld",
add the correct DNS, remove the old DNS and you're done.  Alternately you could
add the new DNS when you setup the site in the first place and add
"ServerAlias domain.tld www.domain.tld" (without the quotes) to the VirtualHost
container for "domain.mainsite.tld" in httpd.conf and then restart the httpd
daemon.

Sorry you didn't find the answer in the archives.  I know I've posted this
solution at least twice.  There are other solutions that work (one requires you
to have unused IPs), but this works for me.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}