Re[2]: [cobalt-users] domain forwarding, or is that different - Raq3i

[COMPUTICA <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, November 8, 2002, 2:00:12 PM, you wrote:


>> > I need to setup what I think is referred to as domain forwarding - can
>> > someone point me in the right direction (like, is my term the correct one
>> > to search on).
>> >
>> > I have 3 domains that when someone goes to them I want it to redirect them
>> > automatically to a single common domain. Is domain forwarding the right
>> > name for this, or is d/f something different.

>>Admittedly this is on an RAQ4 but, I just entered 1 'A' record in the dns
>>for the domain that is to be redirected.
>>ie
>>
>>www.redirect.com --> www.destination.com
>>
>>That seems to work just fine. I'm not sure if the GUI is the same for the 3i
>>but i'm sure you must be able to add dns records somewhere there.

jgn> Boy that sure sounded nice and simple, but, I tried it - the Raq3i GUI does 
jgn> not allow me to enter a name for the destination IP, it says:
jgn> -------------
jgn> This IP address is not valid. A valid IP address consists of four numbers 
jgn> between 0 and 255 separated by decimal points. For example, 192.168.25.77 
jgn> is valid.
jgn> -------------
jgn> I guess the DNS setup in the GUI doesn't know what DNS is for :)

jgn> Any other thoughts ... modifying the httpd.conf is certainly an option, 
jgn> although I'd prefer to not have to do that, I will if I have to. Anyone 
jgn> know how to do it in HTML, if so, I'll just create the other site and 
jgn> redirect them.

jgn> Thanks,
jgn> Jale



You can create a single HTML page with a META REFRESH within the
header, but that would be a waste of one of the 250 (or whatever)
sites a Cobalt limits you too.....

To make domain1.com forward to domain.com, use the following file as
the main file within the account for domain1.com

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.domain.com";>

Ryan