Re: [cobalt-users] Viewing sites before Propagation - From Carrie

["Mike Fritsch" <mfritsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> 1. Backup your httpd.conf file.
> 2. In your main site's block in the httpd.conf file, add this line:
> AliasMatch ^/sites/([^/]+)(/(.*))? /home/sites/$1/web/$3
> 3. Save the file and exit.
> 4. Restart the httpd server.
> 5. Go to www.yourmainsite.com/sites/www.any-site-on-the-server.com in
> your browser
> 
> TADA!!
> Ain't it cool?!?
> Okay, this is on my RaQ4r. Your mileage may vary, but it should work
> for you, too.
> This is important to me, as I've had to take DNS off of my box and
> have been having trouble with the normal way of doing "look before
> propogation" stuff ever since (I would add an A record of
> theirdomain.mydomain.com to my DNS and then put
> theirdomain.mydomain.com in their web aliases box on the Raq4 site
> settings - worked fine before I had to use a different DNS that isn't
> on my box, now it bounces users to their domain - wherever they're
> moving from. Ack.)
> 
> Anyhow... thought you guys would appreciate this little tip... enjoy!
> (And remember, any changes to the main site's site settings through
> the GUI will most likely wipe out this line in the httpd.conf, so
> you'll need to go back in to the httpd.conf and re-add it after making
> changes to the main site through the GUI.)
> 
> CarrieB
> (with much thanks to Rev. Payne for posting this for me)
> 
> ---  Endquote
> 
Works great on a RaQ3, thanks CarrieB.

Mike

> 
> Ain't she sweet - Now all you guys have gotta send her lots of
> white chocolate for Easter and BEG her to return
> 
> Blessings
> Revd Leonard Payne
> 
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