Re: Re[2]: [cobalt-users] A few questions

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

Richard Kurth <rkurth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My problem with this is when you create the site this way. The client
> starts adding web pages to that directory and when you change it in a
> few days domain.com  do you not have to move all his stuff to the new
> directory structure that it creates.

No, it will work fine.  Try it yourself using one of your domains.  Create
"test1.mainsite.tld" with the proper DNS, add some webpages to it and then
rename it "test2.mainsite.tld", change the DNS and see for yourself.

When a site is created it is actually put in a directory like
/home/sites/site15/.  A symbolic like of /home/sites/host.domain.tld is created
pointing to that directory so the client and the server admin can easily get to
the site from the shell.  When you rename the site in my example above from
"test1..." to "test2..." the site's files will continue to be in
/home/sites/site15/ - they never move.  Of course, your client will have to be
smart when building webpages on the site until his real URL is viewable by the
outside world.  The client shouldn't hardcode URLs on the webpage unless the
client wants to have to modify them all a few days later.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}